Veterans Health Administration

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3 July 2014

‘VistA for NHS’ ready for trusts

An Anglicised version of the VistA electronic patient record system is now ready to be deployed at NHS trusts, according
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12 June 2014

VA enveloped in scandal

The much-admired Veterans Health Administration has become mired in a massive waiting times scandal. On the day that the FBI
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11 December 2013

First cut of VistA for NHS developed

Two US companies have worked with UK open source experts to create a ‘first cut’ of an anglicised version of
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9 October 2013

Levin warns on NHS open source approach

The former chief technology officer of the US Department of Veterans Affairs has warned that NHS England’s bid to bring
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8 July 2013

NHS spends £300,000 on US exchange

The NHS is spending nearly £300,000 on an exchange programme with the US Veteran’s Health Administration to investigate its use
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1 July 2013

NHS England to fund NHS VistA projects

NHS England will spend some of the £260m Technology Fund on exploring the development of an NHS VistA open source
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27 June 2013

Open eyes to NHS open source

NHS England is considering the Anglicisation of a US open source system for the NHS, but it would be better
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9 April 2013

NHS should learn from Veterans Health

The NHS should swap digital health ideas with the US Veterans Health Administration in order to achieve a paperless NHS,
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12 April 2012

EHI CCIO: Take in a new VistA

In the latest of his columns, junior doctor Carl Reynolds discusses VistA, and why he thinks clinical leaders should be
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1 March 2010

Boomers lead on personal health records

Personal health records have become a reality for millions of Americans, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference
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