The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense are preparing to expand 16 pilot programs and offer veterans' health information exchanges nationwide, according to a Federal Times report.
The expansion is one step toward fulfilling the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record initiative, which requires VA and DoD to provide service members and veterans with healthcare and online access to health and other personal data, according to the report.
The goal is to expand the exchanges to every military and VA treatment facility and to private-sector healthcare providers, focusing on regions where healthcare providers can participate in the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange, a confederation of trusted entities bound by mission and governance to securely exchange health information. The areas are still to be determined but must have large populations of veterans and service members.
The exchanges will build on the success of pilots in which health data was shared between VA and private facilities in Indianapolis, Richmond, Va., and San Diego, according to the report.
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The expansion is one step toward fulfilling the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record initiative, which requires VA and DoD to provide service members and veterans with healthcare and online access to health and other personal data, according to the report.
The goal is to expand the exchanges to every military and VA treatment facility and to private-sector healthcare providers, focusing on regions where healthcare providers can participate in the Nationwide Health Information Network Exchange, a confederation of trusted entities bound by mission and governance to securely exchange health information. The areas are still to be determined but must have large populations of veterans and service members.
The exchanges will build on the success of pilots in which health data was shared between VA and private facilities in Indianapolis, Richmond, Va., and San Diego, according to the report.
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