Focus: Health IT
A Bigger Staff Isn’t Helping VA Process Disability Claims Any Faster
Lawmaker laments lack of progress; department’s benefits chief says accuracy has improved.
Soldiers Waiting for Medical Discharge ‘Languish’ in Disability System
Long wait can exacerbate PTSD symptoms, Army IG finds.
VA Doctors Suffer From Electronic Information Overload
Clinicians say they are missing automatically generated lab test alerts.
Don’t Expect Defense and VA Health Records to Share Data Anytime Soon
If the past is prologue, the plan to making existing systems interoperable will be fraught with problems.
