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EHR Intelligence: Joint DoD, VA EHR Modernization Governance Bodies to Launch 2019

“The Department of Defense (DoD) and VA Interagency Program Office (IPO) is helping to establish joint DoD and VA EHR modernization governance bodies in an effort to facilitate collaborative decision-making and improve interagency communication throughout VA’s Cerner EHR implementation project.”

“Joint EHR modernization governance bodies should be in place by 2019, according to testimony from IPO Director Lauren Thompson, PhD, at a House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization hearing held September 13…”

“IPO is currently working to support DoD and VA in developing a governance process for making joint decisions about common aspects of their EHR solutions.”

“This process will involve multiple layers, from Department-level governance within the DoD and VA, to the interagency coordination and collaboration through working groups and committees that is already underway and facilitated by the IPO…” Read the full article here.

Source: Joint DoD, VA EHR Modernization Governance Bodies to Launch 2019 – By Kate Monica, September 14, 2018. EHR Intelligence.

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Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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