Fierce Healthcare October 6, 2023
Thirteen major health systems have signed on to a pledge agreeing to work toward sharing patient care data with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in a bid to improve veterans’ cross-organization care, the government announced Thursday.
In addition to better identifying veterans whenever they go to community providers for their care, the collaboration aims to connect those patients with VA and community services—especially those that reduce out-of-pocket expenses—and to better coordinate care between VA and non-VA facilities, according to the so-called Veteran Interoperability Pledge.
Kaiser Permanente, UPMC, Intermountain Health, Mass General Brigham and several others have agreed to the pact, which the VA encourages other systems to join as well.
They will be collaborating with the department...
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