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Spotlight: Busy month for VA EHR appointments

This month has been a busy one so far for appointments in Veterans Affairs Department-related electronic health record positions. Word trickled out that Barclay Butler became head of an joint

VA studies VistA refactoring

One of the first actions the Veterans Affairs Department has undertaken since launching in August a central body dubbed the " custodial agent " to oversee open source electronic health record projects

Baker: VA personnel must justify business case for tablet computers

Veterans Affairs Department personnel wanting a mobile device such as an iPad for work must justify a business case for it, said VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker while speaking to reporters

VA open source custodial agent opens doors

The Veterans Affairs Department officially launched Aug. 30 a central body dubbed the " custodial agent " to oversee open source electronic health record projects. The body, now going by the official

In North Chicago, a glimpse of the iEHR to come

North Chicago's James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, the remodeled Illinois hospital which has served as a pilot for Veterans Affairs- and Defense-department facility collaboration, began

Q&A: Philip Newcomb on MUMPS and VistA refactoring

Rarely is agency use of a particular programming language the subject of discussion at senior levels of agency leadership or during congressional hearings, but the Veterans Affairs Department's usage

Spotlight: VA awards contract for iEHR open source custodial agent

The Veterans Affairs Department awarded June 17 an almost $5 million contract for an open source custodial agent that will manage an electronic health record "ecosystem." The contract winner is The

DoD to participate in VA selection of open source 'custodial agent'

The Defense Department will participate in the Veterans Affairs Department's source selection of a "custodial agent" meant to set up a moderated open source electronic health record development

VA-DoD joint EHR to be commercial, not necessarily proprietary

The future Veterans Affairs and Defense Department joint electronic health record system will not necessarily be built on proprietary software, said VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker--despite

VA looks for open source 'custodial agent'

The Veterans Affairs Department is moving ahead with a plan to set up a moderated "open source ecosystem" forming around its electronic health record, known as VistA. In a draft request for...