I actually had something totally different that I wanted to talk about but then an interesting article came across my email. I don't know how many of you have ever heard of this before but they are actually testing a new electronic medical record system for the VA. What is exciting about this system is that it can interact with the civilian system so if you are going to a private doctor, who is using this software then your medical records can be automatically uploaded to your VA file.
Now, when I first read this I thought how much easier it would make it for use to file our claims without having to go to each and everyone of our civilian doctors, both past and present, to get information that helps us support our claims. It also keeps track of the type of medical we receive and helps doctors to determine which treatments are most effective for certain types of illnesses.
While I don't know the true extent of this program I plan to keep an eye on it so that I can report back to you everything I find out. For those who are currently in the military this system is supposed to bring in all of your medical records as well so you shouldn't have to go through the hassle of requesting them. Everything should be in one location.
I hope this is helpful.
As always, thank you for your support.
TTYL - be blessed.
This is just the beginning of the article:
"“Liberate the data.” That was a principal design goal for a team of public-private health care technology collaborators established by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Health Administration to develop a working and scalable proof-of-concept digital health platform (DHP) to support the department’s long-term vision.
The open-source project demonstrated both proven and emerging technologies for interoperability and advanced functionality innovations from both the public and private sectors. The proof-of-concept delivers capabilities that VA and VHA leadership had identified as strategically important to support clinical and operational policy and program transformation plans needed to address expected changes in veteran populations, service needs and care delivery models.
For example, the demonstration included the capability to obtain patient data from disparate military and commercial electronic records systems, and accept information from a broad range of ancillary services and consumer medical devices. "
If you want to read the whole article here is the link: http://www.news.gatech.edu/2017/01/31/team-demonstrates-digital-health-platform-department-veterans-affairs.
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