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Electronic health records : DOD and VA efforts to achieve full interoperability are ongoing; program office management needs improvement : report to congressional committees.
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- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Defense--Information resources management.
- United States.
- United States. Department of Defense.
- Information resources management.
- United States. Department of Veterans Affairs--Information resources management.
- United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Medical informatics--Government policy--United States.
- Medical informatics.
- Government policy.
- Medical records--Management.
- Medical records--United States--Data processing.
- Medical records.
- Interagency coordination--United States.
- Interagency coordination.
- Medical records--Management--United States.
- Electronic data interchange--United States.
- Electronic data interchange.
- Electronic records--Government policy--United States.
- Electronic records.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ii, 30 pages :) : illustrations, digital, PDF file
- Other Title:
- Electronic health records : Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs efforts to achieve full interoperability are ongoing; program office management needs improvement
- DOD and VA efforts to achieve full interoperability are ongoing; program office management needs improvement
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 required the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to accelerate their exchange of health information and to develop systems or capabilities that allow for interoperability (generally, the ability of systems to exchange data) by September 30, 2009. It also required compliance with federal standards and the establishment of a joint interagency program office to function as a single point of accountability for the effort. Further, the act directed GAO to semiannually report on the progress made in achieving these requirements. For this third report, GAO evaluated (1) the departments' progress and plans toward sharing fully interoperable electronic health information that comply with federal standards and (2) whether the interagency program office is positioned to function as a single point of accountability. To do so, GAO analyzed agency documentation on project status and conducted interviews with agency officials. GAO is recommending that the departments improve management of their interoperability efforts by establishing a project plan and a complete and detailed integrated master schedule.
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- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest, 2004. digital, PDF file. ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Mode of access: World Wide Web via ProQuest website.
- Other Format:
- Print version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Electronic health records
- Microfiche version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Electronic health records. CIS 2009 J942-609
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