> FYI -
>
> # # #
>
> Harvard Honors VA's Computerized Patient Records System
>
> One of "Top 50 Government Innovations"
>
> WASHINGTON (April 11, 2006)- Citing the Department of Veterans
> Affairs'
> (VA's) leadership role in transforming health care in America,
> Harvard
> University has recognized VA's computerized patient records as one of
> the "top 50 government innovations of 2006."
>
>
>
> "VA is again recognized as a leader in the health care industry for
> the
> use of electronic patient records," said the Honorable R. James
> Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. "This affirms that VA is
> providing America's veterans with world-class medical care and
> raising
> the bar for all health care providers."
>
>
>
> VA's selection as a "top 50" innovator qualifies it as a contender
> for
> Harvard's prestigious Innovations in Government Award, which is
> considered the "Oscars" of government service. Eighteen finalists
> for
> the award will be announced May 4, as part of the observances of
> Public
> Service Recognition Week. The seven recipients of the award will be
> announced July 10.
>
>
>
> VA has computerized patient records for each veteran who uses its
> health
> care system. The records allow the Department to provide better,
> safer,
> more consistent care. It permits health care professionals at each
> of
> the 1,400 locations where VA provides care to see the complete health
> records of any patient.
>
>
>
> "Computerized patient records have changed the way health care is
> practiced in VA," said Dr. Jonathan B. Perlin, VA's Under Secretary
> for
> Health. "Just ten years ago, only 60 percent of the paper charts for
> our patients were immediately available. Today, virtually 100
> percent
> are available at all our facilities-at all times."
>
>
>
> "Our electronic health records have been an important element in
> making
> VA health care the benchmark for 294 measures of disease prevention
> and
> treatment in the United States," Perlin added.
>
>
>
> The value of VA's patient records was demonstrated when, within 100
> hours of Hurricane Katrina's making landfall last summer, every
> patient
> medical record from the devastated areas was available to every VA
> health care provider throughout the nation.
>
===
Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"It is foolish to answer a question that
you do not understand."
--G. Polya ("How to Solve It")
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