.... Be sure to get all four VA Watchdog dot Org RSS feeds -- Daily VA News Flashes House CVA Veterans' News Senate CVA Veterans' News VA Press Releases Download your free copy of the 2008 VA benefits handbook here... Printer-Friendly Version Dod WON'T WAIT ON ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS CHOICE -- There is a hint that Dod will try to just create another,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfJUL08/nf072408-2.htm
12. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-21-2007 #1 -- VA COULD BE MODEL FOR NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM -- The VA has several primary advantages: The public nature of VA funding stimulated it to adopt information technology, VA can and does negotiate prescription drug discounts, it provides long-term care and has managed to decrease costs per patient while improving quality.nf042107-1.htm
... site Be sure to get all four VA Watchdog dot Org RSS feeds -- Daily VA News Flashes House CVA Veterans' News Senate CVA Veterans' News VA Press Releases Bookmark this page: Javascript Bookmark Printer Friendly Page VA COULD BE MODEL FOR NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM -- The VA has several ... services. In the early 1990s, VAhealth care was substandard. In response, the VA undertook three waves of reform to increase... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf042107-1.htm
13. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-21-2007 #4 -- VA, DoD TO DEBUT NEW PATIENT TRACKING SYSTEM -- Clinicians at VA hospitals will be able to access medical records in real time on wounded soldiers evacuated from Afghanistan and Iraq.nf042107-4.htm
... browswer."); } } VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH ... site Be sure to get all four VA Watchdog dot Org RSS feeds -- Daily VA News Flashes House CVA Veterans' News Senate CVA Veterans' News VA Press Releases Bookmark this page: Javascript Bookmark Printer Friendly Page VA, Dod TO DEBUT NEW PATIENT TRACKING SYSTEM -- Clinicians at VA hospitals will be able to access medical records in real time on wounded soldiers evacuated... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf042107-4.htm
...** REP. STEVE BUYER SLAMS VA/DODHEALTHRECORDS INTEGRATION -- HE SAYS THE SYSTEM ... Veterans' Affairs, is blasting the VA/Dod system that should be integrating the healthrecords and personal information of service members leaving... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes/newsflash10-30-2005.htm
15. VA Watchdog dot Org - Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs Press Release - 01-26-2007 #1scva012607-1.htm
... in the development of a full joint Dod/VAelectronichealth record (EHR). In a ... to the January 24, 2007, VA-Dod announcement, described in separate VA and ... of an interoperable, bi-directional electronichealth record (EHR) is very frustrating... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/scva07/scva012607-1.htm
... site Be sure to get all four VA Watchdog dot Org RSS feeds -- Daily VA News Flashes House CVA Veterans' News Senate CVA Veterans' News VA Press Releases Download your free copy of the 2007 VA benefits handbook here... VA Requests $94 Billion for Veterans in ...income veterans, and veterans with special health care needs. Under the new budget, VA will strengthen its collaboration with the Department of Defense (Dod) for world-class health care... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/vap08/vap020408-1.htm
...--- AKAKA HOLDS HEARING ON DOD/VAELECTRONICHEALTHRECORDS Oversight hearing one year ahead of Sept. 2009 deadline for 'seamless' DOD/VA systems WASHINGTON, D.C. ... Defense Authorization Act of 2007 mandates that DOD and VA develop interoperable or "seamless... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/scva08/scva092408-2.htm
... letter . Fully fund and reopen the VA healthcare system for all veterans. Due ... they were promised and deserve. The VAhealth-care budget is short billions of ... leads to mistakes, backlogs, lost records and long waiting times. The VA and DOD must develop an electronicrecords system so that those who have served... http://www.vawatchdog.org/milcom/battlelines.htm
... committee to supervise and manage sharing between VA and Dod. The VA's health care system has converted to electronic patient records, the only such system-wide ... servicemembers until they bring their paper military healthrecords to it. Chairman Buyer expressed his... http://www.vawatchdog.org/housecvanews/housecvanews09-28-05-2.htm
... March 16, 2006 Chairman Buyer applauds VA and Dod strides in sharing electronic medical data Washington, DC Officials from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Defense (Dod) today showed committee staff long- ... 'bi-directional' and interoperable electronichealth care records in real time. With more than... http://www.vawatchdog.org/housecvanews/housecvanews03-16-06-2.htm