A new health records sharing program gives doctors in 10 civilian U.S. health systems access to Defense Department medical records, with more systems expected to join later this year.
The Pentagon’s Health Information Exchange Initiative, launched June 1, allows private physicians and some government organizations to view medical records held by military hospitals or clinics, if they are treating patients with such records.
The program should ease the need to hand-carry military health records or lab results between health care providers participating in the exchange.
“It allows our patients to have continuity of care by being able to give all of our providers — when needed — access to the information so patients can complete their episode of care in one meeting instead of a patient having to come back with their lab tests or X-rays or notes from a military treatment facility,” said Defense Health Agency director Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono.
Systems participating in the eHealth Exchange include Sentara, Hawaii Pacific Health, HealtheConnections, MedVirginia, Multicare Health Services, San Diego Health Services, Providence-Swedish Health, CORHIO, INOVA and Texas Health Resources.
The Social Security Administration also has access. The Department of Veterans Affairs does not, however, because it shares medical records and information with the Pentagon through a different system, called the Joint Legacy Viewer, that gives doctors access to the records.
DHA officials say 13 more systems including Duke University, the Alaska e-Health Network and North Carolina Health Information Exchange will join this year.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Patricia Kime
Quelle/Source: Military Times, 12.07.2016
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