VA, DOD to expand virtual EHR program

Posted on | April 20, 2010 | Comments Off on VA, DOD to expand virtual EHR program

By Alice Lipowicz
Apr 06, 2010

The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments intend to expand their Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) pilot program, officials said today.

The next series of demonstrations will involve exchange of additional types of data, including lab data, Dr. Steve Ondra, senior policy adviser for health affairs at the VA, said at a Health IT Day conference sponsored by the Bethesda chapter of AFCEA.

The current phase of the VLER pilot program involves adding new datasets and signing up new patients and providers at a location in Hampton Roads, Va., which should be operating by July 31, Ondra said.

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