Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
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VA Officials Chart Expanded Vision For Blue Button
What began as a simple way to help veterans view their personal health information over the Internet is continuing to snowball into an electronic health record phenomena known as the Blue Button, now used by more than a million patients nationally and gaining wider adoption by certain health care providers. Read More »
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VA Open Source Group Names Board of Health IT Experts
The open source organization that the Veterans Affairs Department created to accelerate innovation in its VistA electronic health record software and to support its integrated EHR system with the Defense Department has established a guiding board of IT luminaries. The Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent (OSEHRA) promotes open, modular architecture that uses non-proprietary standard Read More »
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VA Partners With Kaiser Permanente
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is collaborating with Kaiser Permanente, a leading member of the health care industry, to pool resources and ideas to solve some of the largest and most complex challenges in VA health care. [...] Read More »
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VA Pilot Brings Together mHealth And EHRs For Better Care
Through its focus on mobile technology and patient-centric features like the Blue Button Initiative, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has proven itself a leader in the difficult task of getting patients to engage with their providers on a meaningful level. In July, the VA announced the beginning of the Family Caregiver Pilot, which paired seriously wounded veterans and their caregivers with iPads, pre-loaded with a suite of health management tools. Read More »
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VA Plans App To View VistA Imaging On Mobile Devices
The Veterans Affairs Department plans to develop an application so its healthcare providers can access medical images stored in its VistA electronic health record system via mobile devices. Read More »
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VA Plans to Tap Original Bidders for Canceled Software Contract
The Veterans Affairs Department plans to select a new vendor from the pool of original bidders to develop software vital to creating an integrated electronic health record (iEHR) with the Defense Department. The new contractor will replace ASM Research, the company first awarded the $102.6 million contract VA abruptly terminated Tuesday due to conflict-of-interest concerns. Read More »
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VA Post-iEHR Strategy Takes Shape As VistA Evolution
The Veterans Affairs Department's immediate post-iEHR strategy for modernizing its electronic health record is taking shape under the banner of "VistA Evolution," with the Veterans Health Administration releasing Jan. 27 a solicitation for support services in its office of Health Systems Informatics. Read More »
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VA Prepares To Move Forward With Chiropractic Residency Program
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Caitlin Lukacs: (703) 812-0218 | [email protected]
Melissa Lee: (703) 812-0259 | [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 25, 2013
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VA Prescribing Tranquilizers For PTSD Despite Warnings Against
If you are a veteran suffering from with post-traumatic stress disorder and are receiving a type of tranquilizer known as a benzodiazepine, such as Valium or Xanax, you are receiving the wrong medication. A VA clinical psychologist noted that veterans diagnosed with PTSD are still being prescribed these medications by Department of Veterans Affairs physicians despite VA guidelines advising against their use for the condition. Read More »
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VA Pulls Plug on Purchases of Personal Desktop Printers
The Department of Veterans Affairs is directing every chief information officer in the field to stop buying personal desktop printers, the first step to retiring these high-cost tools across the agency and replacing them with big multiuse printers. Read More »
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VA Pushes DoD To Adopt VistA As Starting Point For Electronic Health Record
Ever since the Defense Department and the Veterans Affairs Department decided to step back from their approach to building a joint electronic health record earlier this year, DoD has been searching for a new electronic records system. As DoD nears a decision point, VA is making the case that its own system, VistA, would make a great fit for both departments. Read More »
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VA Pushing For Services Via Mobile Devices
Health care management at the Veterans Affairs Department will eventually be going mobile, according to a key official. Read More »
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VA Puts PTSD/TBI Research Cart Before Care Horse
Yesterday the Veterans Affairs Department said it and the Defense Department will pump $100 million into studies of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain disorder (mTBI) and today the House Veterans Affairs Committee reported that the VA lags woefully behind in hiring mental health professionals to treat these and other conditions. Read More »
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VA Recognizes 10 Years Of My HealtheVet Use, Success
To celebrate ten years of success with My HealtheVet, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is encouraging both veterans and servicemembers to utilize the personal health record (PHR) system. The system has a variety of benefits for users, including VA Blue Button, VA prescription refills, and secure provider messaging. Read More »
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VA Records Absent from Drug Monitoring Program
Up until Jan. 16, VA hospitals and clinics were not participating in the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System, which securely tracks a patient's controlled-drug prescription history. Now, VA medical staff can check OARRS if they suspect a patient of doctor shopping, but staffs cannot input any prescriptions that they write or fill, said the database's administrator, Danna Droz. Read More »
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