When looking at the record in the VA files, a small blue box states “Remote Data Available”, and this brings in the DOD medical records.  The information includes military inpatient discharge summaries, procedures performed, outpatient encounters, patient vital signs, lab test results, notes on medical problems, family history, social history and even clinical data that had been gathered in the war theater.

The goal is to have both sets of records completely interoperable by September of 2009.  A Bidirectional Health Information Exchange sends text data between any DoD and VA sites as well.  The next step I might guess is to bring in records for patients assigned to a private physician as well so the whole chart from all areas will eventually be available and accessed from one screen.  BD 

To review the veteran’s medical history, Fletcher didn’t need to consult a bulky file of paper documents.  On his computer screen was VA’s medical record system and the display for this patient showed a small blue flag in the upper right corner with the words “Remote Data Available.”

With a click, Fletcher called up an extensive list of DoD reports on the patient.  The links on allergies and pharmaceutical history, including drugs dispensed recently at nearby Walter Reed Army Medical Center, had been delivered to VA as “computable data.”  That meant Fletcher would be warned by the system if he prescribed a drug that would put the patient at risk.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=59114

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