Electronic Healthcare Records Acquisition Initiatives

William E. NewellChief, IT Development Division

VA Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Technology Acquisition

Center

Current Actions

• Electronic Records– Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER)

DoD VA

• 13 Greatest Challenges– Integrated Health/Benefits System including VLER– Veteran Relationship Management– Healthcare Modeling/Infrastructure– Expanded Healthcare Delivery System

• Innovations Program– Healthcare IT Innovations– Emerge from VA Medical Care Facilities – Leverage Latest Technologies

•Program Management Accountability System (PMAS)– Six Month Incremental Development 2

Future Endeavors

• TAC to implement Enterprise Contract Vehicles – Services– Hardware– Licenses

• Facilitate Health Systems/Records Standardization and Scalability

• Integration– Security (PII)– Business Rules

• Integrated Delivery of Comprehensive Healthcare, Diagnostic, Laboratory and Clinical Services under Single Enterprise

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