DOD and VA officials announced Jan. 24 that the two departments plan to develop a common inpatient electronic health record system. Up until now, each has used separate systems. Such accessibility to inpatient medical records would enable clinicians to offer better, and faster, diagnoses and treatment of patients, according to a VA release.
A massive contract to manage thousands of PCS moves failed because U.S. Transportation Command did not adequately oversee the results, according to the Government Accountability Office.
