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Random Thoughts. May 29, 2013. VistA Community Meeting. Two major foci: the announcement by Secretary Hagel that the DoD would request proposals from the commercial vendors How the VA is going to take in external software. DoD EHR. Not closed to VistA, just open to commercial options
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Random Thoughts May 29, 2013
VistA Community Meeting • Two major foci: • the announcement by Secretary Hagel that the DoD would request proposals from the commercial vendors • How the VA is going to take in external software
DoD EHR • Not closed to VistA, just open to commercial options • Didn’t mention iEHR, just “core EHR components” • Two main reactions: • Politically expedient to prevent protests • DoD is still reacting with a NIH attitude
VA Software Acceptance • Panel discussion of when and how • Questions remain: • Prohibition of the government accepting ‘free gifts’ • Specific mechanism is still unclear – example: Openinfobutton
Patient-Centered Care Hippocrates once observed, “It’s more important to know what sort of person hasa disease than to know what sortof disease aperson has.”