Computer-Based Patient Records: Sound Planning and Project Management Are Needed to Achieve a Two-Way Exchange of VA and DOD Health Data

United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-03-17 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-402T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-402T P0b002ee18037ab39 f:d04402t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-402T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-402T GAO-04-402T Information systems Information technology Interagency relations Medical records Military personnel Performance measures Standards and standardization Strategic planning Systems design Veterans DOD Composite Health Care System II Federal Health Information Exchange Program Testimony A09511 Computer-Based Patient Records: Sound Planning and Project Management Are Needed to Achieve a Two-Way Exchange of VA and DOD Health Data A critical component of the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) information technology program is its ongoing work with the Department of Defense (DOD) to achieve the ability to exchange patient health care data and create electronic records for use by veterans, active military personnel, and their health care providers. GAO testified before Congress last November that one-way sharing of data, from DOD to VA medical facilities, had been realized. At the Congress's request, GAO assessed, among other matters, VA's and DOD's progress since that time toward defining a detailed strategy for and developing the capability of a twoway exchange of patient health information. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-402T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-402T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-402T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-402T.pdf GAO-04-402T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-402T Testimony GAO-04-402T; Computer-Based Patient Records: Sound Planning and Project Management Are Needed to Achieve a Two-Way Exchange of VA and DOD Health Data; Information systems Information technology Interagency relations Medical records Military personnel Performance measures Standards and standardization Strategic planning Systems design Veterans DOD Composite Health Care System II Federal Health Information Exchange Program