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The Next Generation: A Comprehensive Electronic Health Record

Katie Lutts | 5AM Solutions | October 12, 2012

The Network for Public Health Law is holding their 2012 Public Health Law conference this week in Atlanta, focusing on the Practical Approaches to Critical Challenges in Public Health Law, and I have been in attendance...But what struck me, was how little we really take time to think about the impact the work we are doing has upon our individual lives and those of our families. Read More »

Top 4 Care-Transition Benefits Of DoD, VA Joint iEHR

Benjamin Harris | Government Health IT | November 13, 2012

Caring for the nation's service members has never been easy. Providing world-class medical attention for the men and women of the Armed Forces from the front lines to the hospitals and clinics of the Veterans Administration (VA) is a daunting task that entails massive logistical and data hurdles. Read More »

TPP Announce Integration With The MIG

Staff Writer | TPP | January 17, 2013

TPP have announced that their clinical software, SystmOne, will link with the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG). Read More »

U.S. Department Of Veteran Affairs Awards $28.8 Million TeleHealth Contract To AMC Health

Press Release | AMC Health | September 4, 2013

AMC Health, a leading provider of telehealth solutions, announced today that the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) has awarded the company a five-year contract worth up to $28.8 million to provide telehealth solutions and services... Read More »

Ubuntu 13 Challenges Windows 8

Maria Korolov | Network World | July 1, 2013

Ubuntu is becoming a viable desktop replacement for Windows in certain enterprise scenarios Read More »

Ubuntu Edge: 3 Things To Think About

Jason Hiner | CNET | July 23, 2013

The cross-over Android device wants to break through barriers and smash records. TechRepublic's Jason Hiner boils down the three key takeaways. Read More »

Unhappy Lawmakers Take Aim At VA, DoD Plans To Nix Joint EHR

Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | February 8, 2013

After the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense announced plans to scale back costs by scrapping plans to create an entirely new EHR system shared between the two organizations, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed disappointment and frustration... Read More »

US And UK Share Health Data Via Cloud

Anthony Brino | Healthcare IT News | November 15, 2013

About half a century after epidemiology studies in Massachusetts and the United Kingdom helped build the world’s understanding of cardiovascular disease and health risks, public health and population data is being opened up by the U.S. and joining international datasets. Read More »

VA CIO Clarifies Plans For iEHR

Dan Bowman | FierceEMR | February 12, 2013

In the wake of criticism following news last week that the Departments of Veterans and Defense will abandon plans to build a joint electronic health record system from the ground up, VA CIO Roger Baker is clarifying that the two departments still plan to create a joint record. Read More »

VA, DoD Climb The Stairs To Interoperability Together

Michael O'Connell | Federal News Radio | November 14, 2013

Leaders in the healthcare community are thinking of ways they can use data to improve the quality of health care. The departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense have joined forces to create VistA Evolution, a system that allows the exchange of electronic health records information between the two. Read More »

VA, DoD EHR Project: Security Game Plan

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee | GovInfoSecurity | March 1, 2013

Although the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense are taking a new approach to building their long-awaited integrated electronic health record system, many key components of the data security strategy for the project will remain the same, says Roger Baker, the VA's outgoing CIO. Read More »

VAPAHCS Named Most Wired Hospital For The Sixth Time

Staff Writer | Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) | July 20, 2013

The Hospitals and Health Networks, a publication of the American Hospital Association, has named VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) as one of the Nation's Most Wired Hospitals. Read More »

VA’s Roger Baker Updates EHR Security Strategy

Patrick Ouellette | Health IT Security | March 4, 2013

Outgoing Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) CIO Roger W. Baker provided testimony last week on the VA and Department of Defense (DoD) joint EHR venture. In doing so, he highlighted how the organizations plan on maximizing data security with the new technologies. Read More »

Veterans Affairs, Defense Depts. Spend Billions In Effort To Coordinate Records

Hannah Winston | The Center for Public Integrity | August 27, 2013

After two years and more than $1 billion spent, integrated health records system canceled Read More »

Vets Hit VA, DoD For Ditching Records Project

Bryant Jordan | Military.com | February 28, 2013

Leaders of several of the country's veterans' service organizations told lawmakers on Thursday that they need to push the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense to keep going with a plan to integrate the medical records of troops and veterans. Read More »