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 2006-06-22 monographic deposited born digital 32 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-905T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-905T P0b002ee18038c74c f:d06905t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-905T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-905T GAO-06-905T Electronic health records Interagency relations Medical information systems Medical records Military personnel Performance measures Systems compatibility Systems design Veterans Veterans benefits Information sharing DOD/IHS/VA Government Computer-Based Patient Record Project Testimony A55842 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is engaged in an ongoing effort to share electronic medical information with the Department of Defense (DOD), which is important in helping to ensure high-quality health care for active duty military personnel and veterans. Also important, in the face of current military responses to national and foreign crises, is ensuring effective and efficient delivery of veterans' benefits, which is the focus of VA's development of the Veterans Service Network (VETSNET), a modernized system to support benefits payment processes. GAO is testifying on (1) VA's efforts to exchange medical information with DOD, including both near-term initiatives involving existing systems and the longer term program to exchange data between the departments' new health information systems, and (2) VA's ongoing project to develop VETSNET. To develop this testimony, GAO relied on its previous work and followed up on agency actions to respond to GAO recommendations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-905T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-905T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-905T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-905T.pdf GAO-06-905T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-905T Testimony GAO-06-905T; Information Technology: VA and DOD Face Challenges in Completing Key Efforts; Electronic health records Interagency relations Medical information systems Medical records Military personnel Performance measures Systems compatibility Systems design Veterans Veterans benefits Information sharing DOD/IHS/VA Government Computer-Based Patient Record Project Volume 116 Page 2589 116 Stat. 2589 Public Law 107-314