HealtheVet-VistA (Future)
A strategy has been developed to move the Veterans Health Information Systems toward “HealtheVet,” an ideal health information system to support the ideal veterans health system. Collaboratively among the Department, field, and central office leadership and the Chief Information Officer, a proposed strategy has been developed for both VA and Veterans Health Administration needs. The strategy is built around five major systems and integrates five cross-cutting issues:
· The Health Data System Health Data Repository (HDR) will create a true longitudinal health care record, including data from VA and non-VA sources. The Health Data System will support research and population analyses, facilitate patient access to data and sharing of information across VHA, and improve data quality and data security. The Health Data System will also emphasize “eHealth,” to include prescription refills, appointments, fillable forms online, and My HealtheVet (access to health record, on-line health assessment tools, and high-quality health information).
· Provider Systems support health care providers' care for veterans and feed information to VistA today and the HDR in the future. These include CPRS, VistA Imaging, Blood Bank, Pharmacy, Laboratory, and Federal Health Information Exchange (FHIE).
· Management/Financial Systems include four applications that are each ten or more years old, and will be replaced: the Financial Management System, Billing and Accounts Receivable (AR), and Fee Basis (paying providers).
· Registration, Enrollment, and Eligibility Systems will be developed as a single, department-wide data system and demographic database that supports registration and eligibility for the three Administrations, and makes this information more accessible and consistent.
· Common Services develops and maintains the underlying software infrastructure that supports both legacy and current veteran health-related applications. Though largely transparent to end users, Common Services provides essential infrastructure elements such as identity management, security, message routing, transformation, and data transport for clinical and administrative applications. Core common services are addressed through four programs: Identity Management, Security Services, Messaging and Interface Services, and Other Common Services.
Requesting Software
Information regarding the purchase of VistA and/or VistA Imaging software may be obtained from the
Under FOIA, certain records may be withheld in whole or in part from the requestor if they fall within one of nine FOIA exemptions. Two of these exemptions form the basis for withholding software by the VA:
· Protects certain records related solely to VA’s internal rules and practices.
· Protects trade secrets and confidential commercial or financial information.
Also removed are copyrighted dlls, mental health tests, CPT codes, and electronic signature hashing algorithms. (These are detailed in a Readme.txt file on the CDs.)
Note: VistA is a comprehensive, full-featured Health Information System and Electronic Health Record. The software must be properly configured to each healthcare setting by individuals knowledgeable about the software before the system is used to support healthcare delivery. VistA does not self-install.
Requests for agency records or additional information via FOIA should be directed to:
Department of Veterans Affairs
FOIA Services (005R1C)
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