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Geraint Lewis: VistA – An Opportunity For The NHS?
In this slideshow, Dr Geraint Lewis, Senior Fellow at the Nuffield Trust, outlines why VistA, an open-source electronic medical record system, would be a viable option for the NHS. Read More »
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Gov 2.0 vs. The Beast Of Bureaucracy
If Tim O’Reilly didn’t exist, the technology industry would have to invent him. He knows everybody, can explain anything to anyone, helps us understand where things are headed, and convenes diverse groups of people to think about talk about the big topics. Read More »
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Grading the Public Options That Already Exist
Pundits and politicians from both sides of the fence have been hollering themselves blue about a potential public health care option. Instead of relying on private insurers, the government would insure people itself...Two of the three health care reform bills in Congress have a public option. What might a public option look like in practice? One way to find out is to look at what's already out there. Read More »
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Group Contracted To Study DoD-VA iEHR Migration At Pacific JITC
The Military Health System (MHS) has awarded Eleu Pacific Partners a two-year, $11.2 million contract to conduct a feasibility study of the transition and migration strategies to be used by the Pacific Joint Information Technology Center (JITC), according to an announcement by Tricare Management Activity (TMA). Read More »
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Groups: Billions More Needed To Address Veterans' Health Care, Benefits Issues
The federal government will fall well short of meeting veterans’ health care and benefits needs in the coming years, several leading veterans service organizations said this week, and tens of billions of dollars in additional spending will be needed to adequately address the issue. Read More »
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GSA Envisions 18F Will Be The New Hub Of Digital Innovation
The Presidential Innovations Fellows have a new home, and the General Services Administration is building on federal Chief Technology Officer Todd Park's vision for the government to act as a lean start-up.
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Guam Sub Tender USS Frank Cable Upgrades Medical Department
The submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) upgraded its medical department's patient care medical records system from a local-only paper medical record system to the Theater Medical Information Program (TMIP) system, March 11.
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Guidance Aims To Boost Blue Button
Last year, former White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra said there would be a bigger Blue Button in the future. Read More »
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Hagel And Shinseki May Rethink Integrated Health Record
I have picked up strong signals from multiple sources that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who took office on Feb. 27, has already met with Veterans Affairs chief Eric Shinseki, with the integrated electronic health record a key topic of their meeting. Read More »
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Hagel lauded as early VA EHR protector
In 1981, Hagel, then age 35 and a former Army sergeant who received two Purple Hearts for wounds in Vietnam, was fresh from the campaign of newly elected President Ronald Reagan. He provided some badly needed political support for the rebel programmers, who had collectively begun to see themselves as members of the VA's “Underground Railroad.” Read More »
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Hagel mulls putting Defense Dept. on VistA
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told Congress this week that he is investigating the possibility of switching the military's health records to the Veteran Administration's VistA to deal with long-running interoperability issues between the two systems. Read More »
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Hagel Orders DoD To 'Restructure' Path Toward Integrated Health Record
The Defense Department is "way behind" the Department of Veterans Affairs as the government's two largest bureaucracies push toward the longstanding objective of achieving interoperable health record systems, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday. Read More »
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Hagel Promises Plan In 30 Days For DOD-VA Health Records Sharing
Faced with tough questions from legislators, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday said he would decide on a plan within 30 days to work through the tangled process to seamlessly share medical records between the Department of Defense and the VA. Read More »
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Hagel Says DoD To Adopt Commercial EHR
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has notified the Department of Defense that it will look for an electronic health record system available on the commercial market rather than develop its own based on the Department of Veterans Affairs VistA system. Read More »
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Hagel Takes Personal Responsibility For Electronic Health Records
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has said he is personally taking responsibility for resolving problems that have plagued the exchange of electronic health records between Defense and the Veterans Affairs Department. Read More »
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