“Republican Rep. Jim Banks is working on legislation that he says would improve accountability for interoperability efforts between the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, particularly around electronic health records.”
“Banks said during a House Veterans Affairs Technology Modernization Subcommittee hearing Tuesday that he is writing the legislation because VA and DOD haven’t demonstrated any progress in creating a working governance structure for interoperability on their own.”
“Currently, the two departments have the Interagency Program Office established as the leader of interoperability between them…”
“Banks’ staff has begun circulating a summary of the proposed legislation, “and we are working to finalize it,” he said.”
“The idea is the IPO should be repurposed to organize all aspects of interoperability, not just the electronic health records, between DOD, VA and the Office of the National Coordinator [for Health IT]…” Read the full article here.
Source: Rep. Banks proposes legislation to streamline governance of DOD-VA interoperability efforts – By Billy Mitchell, April 2, 2019. FedScoop.
