VA open source agent set to go live

ARLINGTON, Va. -- The Veterans Affairs Department is set to make its open source agent operational tomorrow and make available the software code of various applications in the electronic health records of VA and the Defense Department. Users of the applications will also have a method to report back to the open source agent changes to the software.

The operational Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent (OSEHRA) is the next step in the two departments moving toward an open, modular architecture that uses non-proprietary standard open interfaces, according to Peter Levin, VA chief technology officer. VA is developing an open source track to modernize its VistA electronic health record and will incorporate the approach with DOD in the joint system...