VA Will Try Again to Make Its Health Records Compatible with Pentagon's

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https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/03/vista-computer...

A little history on the VA's EHR system and the lineage it shares with the Pentagon system.

Summary (since this is an audio link): Mandated by congress that the VA and Pentagon have compatible electronic medical records system, so that VA patients have access to their records from their service.

1 billion spent, and completely failed.

Now VA has a contract for 10 billion over 10 years to use the same software as the Pentagon.

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