“Health IT leaders at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said the complex interrelationship correlation between local and national VA entities is a more significant technical obstacle than the interoperability between the two health IT systems, according to a study published in JMIR Medical Informatics…”
“Overall, respondents said they were enthusiastic about the HIE, and they were optimistic that the VA would “eventually get it right.” All respondents said they imagined a future with accurate and secure patient data exchange.”
“VA and community HIE leaders said health IT training was a major factor when implementing the HIE. Both respondents said they worked together to implement separate training styles and locations.”
“The respondents noted the “high-touch approach” training method, which helped enroll patients and ease the opt-in process. Several leaders noted the vast health IT complexity levels as patient data exchange boundaries…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA Health Information Exchange Implementation Barriers – By Christopher Jason, March 3, 2021. EHR Intelligence.
