EHR Intelligence May 18, 2020
Christopher Jason

DoD and VA veterans can now exchange their patient data on the joint health information exchange at more than 2,000 hospitals across the country.

Veterans from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the US Department of Defense (DoD) are now benefitting from a new joint health information exchange (HIE) between the two agencies.

The joint HIE, which launched on April 18, aims to improve interoperability between the VA, DoD, and their civilian healthcare partners.

The collaboration between the two departments allows providers in both agencies to securely access EHR data for their patients.

All HIE benefits are available to all participating care providers and community partners. The technology takes the data sharing burden off veterans because providers...

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