VA & DoD continue to collaborate on 'open source' and iEHR solutions
The open source Web-based graphical user interface dubbed Janus will be just one part of a system that will allow doctors to view patients’ Defense and Veterans Affairs department integrated electronic records in one place, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker said during his monthly media briefing Thursday.
Developed at the joint Defense-VA Pacific Telehealth and Technology Hui (Hawaiian for association, society or community) in Honolulu, the Janus user interface provides clinicians with a common view of patient data pulled from the electronic health record systems operated by the two departments. Janus has been used at the combined Defense-VA hospital in Honolulu since 2003.
The Janus interface combines data from the Defense Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application and the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture on a single screen, eliminating the need for clinicians to access two separate applications to obtain complete patient information.
VA and DoD continue to make slow but steady progress towards an integrated electronic health record (iEHR). Their efforts to consolidate data centers, enhance the Federal Health Information Exchange (FHIE/BHIE), and use an interface like Janus to display data from the DoD AHLTA and VA VistA systems for their clinicians is working. Also, the VA strategy to remain committed to OSEHRA and their 'open source' strategy is truly admirable and starting to bear fruit. Kudos! - Peter Groen, Senior Editor, Open Health News (OHN)
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The Janus interface combines
The Janus interface combines data from the Defense Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application and the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture on a single screen, eliminating the need for clinicians to access two separate applications to obtain complete patient information.-