Brief: VA Launches Cash Prizes Program to Improve EHR Systems; Roger Baker Comments
The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering cash prizes to vendors who can improve the department’s electronic health records system, Federal News Radio reports. The program seeks products that can be easily integrated into VA’s VistA,, an open source software. Under the program, the VA will award $3 million to three developers who will pass [...]
NetApp Obtains Meditech EHR Data Storage Certification; Dave Nesvisky Comments
March 5, 2013 No Comment
Electronic health records provider Meditech has accredited NetApp’s data storage products for health organizations to use in electronic health records systems as they manage electronic patient information. NetApp, a partner of Children’s Hospital of Central California and Albemarle Hospital of North Carolina, aims to help healthcare institutions store and gain access to patient data through its [...]
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The Department of Veteran Affairs announced the Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent has begun operations and will serve as the central governing body of a new open source electronic health record community. According to the VA, the launch marks an important milestone for the joint efforts of VA and the Department of Defense in [...]
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As America’s healthcare industry scurries to transition from paper medical records to electronic counterparts and meeting the 2015 meaningful-use requirements, experts raise flags about the security and warn about the downside to moving into an all-digital system. Electronic Health Records, or EHRs, are perceived as a method to enhance care and save billions of dollars [...]
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