“The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is developing a new ‘one stop shop’ data management system to improve interoperability and clinical decision-making.”
“’Many people view interoperability as a technology challenge, but it’s not exclusively a technical challenge. It’s really a business challenge that ties into the technology,’ Kenneth Rubin, VA’s senior advisor for standards and interoperability, said Tuesday during the HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida. ‘Interoperability cannot be solved piecemeal.'”
“Because VA is the largest integrated health care system, one of the challenges the agency has faced is linking all its functions into a unified operation. To improve the agency’s interoperability capabilities, the agency developed Interoperable VA Blueprints, or i-VA, to provide guidance on how business needs, industry standards and systems can be linked together to improve veteran health solutions and outcomes.”
“i-VA provides an integrated view of the veteran with interoperability as a key cornerstone. The information hub has distilled hundreds of pages of content, data and information into a 22-page document to coherently display veteran information and improve decision-making for clinicians.”
“Throughout the development process, VA aimed to create a single platform that was consumable to users from all backgrounds. The platform integrates iconography to display data visualizations that ultimately improve understanding of key levers that drive health decisions…” Read the full article here.
Source: i-VA Interoperability Platform Brings in Multiple Health Data Points for Integrated View – By Sarah Sybert, March 15, 2022. GovCIO.
