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 2005-09-28 monographic deposited born digital 22 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-1051T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1051T P0b002ee18037d5fd f:d051051t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1051T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1051T GAO-05-1051T Data transmission systems Electronic health records Health care planning Health care services Interagency relations Medical information systems Medical records Strategic planning Systems analysis Systems evaluation Systems management Information sharing DOD/IHS/VA Government Computer-Based Patient Record Project Testimony A38557 For the past 7 years, the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Defense (DOD) have been working to exchange patient health information electronically and ultimately to have interoperable electronic medical records. Sharing medical information helps (1) promote the seamless transition of active duty personnel to veteran status and (2) ensure that active duty military personnel and veterans receive high-quality health care and assistance in adjudicating their disability claims. This is especially critical in the face of current military responses to national and foreign crises. In testimony before the Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations in March and May 2004, GAO discussed the progress being made by the departments in this endeavor. In June 2004, at the Subcommittee's request, GAO reported on its review of the departments' progress toward the goal of an electronic two-way exchange of patient health records. GAO is providing an update on the departments' efforts, focusing on (1) the status of ongoing, near-term initiatives to exchange data between the agencies' existing systems and (2) progress in achieving the longer term goal of exchanging data between the departments' new systems. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1051T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1051T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1051T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1051T.pdf GAO-05-1051T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-1051T Testimony GAO-05-1051T; Computer-Based Patient Records: VA and DOD Made Progress, but Much Work Remains to Fully Share Medical Information; Data transmission systems Electronic health records Health care planning Health care services Interagency relations Medical information systems Medical records Strategic planning Systems analysis Systems evaluation Systems management Information sharing DOD/IHS/VA Government Computer-Based Patient Record Project Volume 116 Page 2589 116 Stat. 2589 Public Law 107-314