Lawmakers Criticize DOD, VA for Halting Joint EHR Project

Last week, members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee criticized the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs for halting plans to create a joint electronic health record system. Committee members also asked whether DOD would adopt VA's VistA EHR system. A DOD official said the agency would analyze VistA along with commercial EHR products.

• "VA and DOD's Reversal on Electronic Health Records Criticized" (Vogel, "Federal Eye," Washington Post, 2/27).
• "House Panel Blasts DoD for Overlooking VistA" (Sullivan, Government Health IT, 2/27).
• "Defense Will Consider Adopting VA's Electronic Record for its EHR" (Brewin, NextGov, 2/27).
• "What a Concept: VA Pitches its Electronic Health Records System to Defense" (Brewin, "What's Brewin," NextGov, 2/27).