Transcript 'Electronic Healthcare Records Acquisition Initiatives'

Electronic Healthcare Records
Acquisition Initiatives
William E. Newell
Chief, 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
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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
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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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