VA Investigates VistA EHR Open Source

A few months after being urged to embrace open source for its electronic health record system by an industry group, the Veterans Affairs Department says it's investigating the possibility.  VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker reportedly called the industry's group earlier recommendations "good advice" during a recent press call, adding that they are "being incorporated into our thought processes." The recommendations came from the Fairfax, Va.-based Industry Advisory Council.