HIT Consultant November 11, 2024
Fred Pennic

What You Should Know:

– A new connection between Epic’s healthcare software and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) system is helping thousands of veterans access critical healthcare, food, and housing benefits.

– The enhanced interoperability allows healthcare providers using Epic to automatically screen patients for veteran status and connect those eligible with the benefits they’ve earned.

Expanding Access to Benefits

Since going live earlier this year, the Epic-VA connection has screened millions of patients and identified nearly 100,000 eligible veterans. Tufts Medicine and Sanford Health were the first organizations to implement this connection, and they have already helped thousands of veterans access benefits, particularly under the new Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act. The PACT Act...

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