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Hagel orders DoD to 'restructure' path toward integrated health record
The Pentagon delays its RFP for a new electronic health record system. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says a revised approach is coming soon.
Tags: VA , Chuck Hagel , Jared Serbu , House Appropriations Committee , industry , contracting , technology , DoD , health IT
VA pushes DoD to adopt VistA as starting point for electronic health record
Under a revised strategy for creating an interagency e-health record, VA will use its current system, VistA. The department believes DoD should adopt it too.
Tags: Veterans Affairs , Elizabeth McGrath , Stephen Warren , Jared Serbu , DoD
DoD, VA accelerate schedule for integrated health record
The two departments are looking for "quick wins" in their integrated health-record strategy, aiming to bring the most important capabilities online three years early.
Tags: DoD , VA , health IT , technology , Eric Shinseki , Leon Panetta , Roger Baker , Jonathan Woodson , Elizabeth McGrath , Jared Serbu
Integrated health record tests DoD's agile acquisition aspirations
DoD and VA have both committed to moving from their legacy electronic health record systems to a joint, integrated system by 2017. But there are challenges: an aggressive timeline and an acquisition culture that's not been suited to agility in the past.
Tags: DoD , VA , technology , health IT , Barclay Butler , Michael Weiner , Leon Panetta , Eric Shinseki , Susan Perez , Jared Serbu
