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Electronic health records : program office improvements needed to strengthen management of VA and DOD efforts to achieve full interoperability : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Veterans' Affairs Committee /

For over a decade, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) have been working on initiatives to share electronic health information. To expedite their efforts, Congress mandated in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 that VA and DoD establis...

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Main Author: Melvin, Valerie C.
Corporate Authors: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, United States. Government Accountability Office
Other Authors: Melvin. Valerie C., Bird, Mark, Eyler, Rebecca, Redfern, Michael, Resser, J. M., Shaw, Kelly, Trout, Eric, Woo, Merry
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]
Series:Testimony ; GAO-09-895T.
Subjects:
United States. > Department of Defense > Information resources management.
United States. > Department of Veterans Affairs > Information resources management.
Medical records > United States > Data processing.
Electronic records > Government policy > United States.
Medical informatics > Government policy > United States.
Interagency coordination > United States.
Information Science.
Medicine and Medical Research.
Computer systems.
Military personnel.
Computer files.
Health.
Interoperability.
Information exchange.
Department of defense.
Interagency coordination.
Personnel management.
Accountability.
Data transmission security.
Sharing.
Computer gateways.
Scanning.
Auditing.
Management planning and control.
Metrics.
Scheduling.
Information systems.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
DATA SHARING
INTERVIEWS
SOCIAL HISTORY DATA
PHYSICAL EXAM DATA
HEALTH ASSESSMENT DATA
DOCUMENT SCANNING
NETWORK GATEWAY OPERATION
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/FDLP603
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Summary:For over a decade, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) have been working on initiatives to share electronic health information. To expedite their efforts, Congress mandated in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 that VA and DoD establish a joint interagency program office to act as a single point of accountability in the development of electronic health records systems or capabilities that allow for full interoperability (generally, the ability of systems to exchange data) by September 30, 2009. In this statement, GAO summarizes findings from its upcoming report, focusing on progress in setting up the interagency program office and the departments' actions to achieve fully interoperable capabilities by September 30, 2009. To do so, GAO analyzed agency documentation on project status and conducted interviews with agency officials. GAO's draft report recommends that the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs emphasize the interagency program office's establishment of a project plan and integrated master schedule to guide their interoperability activities.
Item Description:Title from PDF title screen (GAO, viewed Oct. 22, 2009).
"For release ... July 14, 2009."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (13 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.