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Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:09pm EDT

VA, DoD expand sharing of health records

Agencies will work with private sector providers to share electronic health records through the Nationwide Health Information Network. This will be the second site to use the NHIN.

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Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:08pm EDT

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VA touts success of electronic medical records pilot

Agency conducts test with Kaiser Permanente using the NHIN to share the data of 450 veterans. The VA expects to expand the use of data exchange in 2010 with DoD and private sector providers. This was the largest public-private electronic health record exchange to date.

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