Department of Defense August 15, 2023
By Joseph Clark

Top information technology leaders from the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are joining forces to improve system interoperability and collaboration at a first-of-its-kind health care facility serving both active-duty service members and veterans.

Together, the Pentagon and VA have assembled a deep bench of experts to solve a perennial challenge for employees at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center near Chicago: how to work seamlessly and securely across DOD and VA networks in order to provide patients with top-level care.

“In the Department of Defense, we have constructed our networks to work together and to be secure,” said Leslie A. Beavers, DOD’s principal deputy chief information officer. “But we work increasingly with people outside...

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Topics: EMR / EHR, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), Provider, Technology, VA / DoD
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