“The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is going through a time of great transformation. Much of this change is being driven by new models of healthcare delivery, the transition to value-based care, new mandates for federal agencies to modernize legacy systems, emerging innovations, as well as the new electronic health record modernization (EHRM) program.”
“Many of these changes point to the enhanced need to standardize proven technologies and processes to reduce the variance of care across the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), bring about best practices to each VA medical center and ensure that veteran care does not lag during the later facility deployments of the EHRM program.”
“By putting into place a system to identify and evaluate best of breed IT solutions across the continuum of VA medical care, the VA will be able to further improve patient care at all VA medical facilities and improve the employee experience by streamlining workflow and increasing productivity and efficiency. The VA will also receive the benefit of improved contract provisions and data standardization.”
“One of the most significant challenges is the transition of specialty health care applications within the current VistA ecosystem in both the short- and long-term as progress is made regarding the migration to the new, commercial-off-the-shelf EHRM. This is an important step in the process over the next 10 years and beyond.”
“In addition, as medical technologies continue to evolve at an exponential pace…” Read the full article here.
Source: Why the VA needs IT standardization during time of great transition – By Mark Byers, September 24, 2019. Federal News Network.
