VA Plans to Digitize Its Electronic Health Records

July 23, 2020 09:05:06

With the emergence of new technology, the Veterans Affairs Department in on the verge of overhauling its electronic health record system. As innovations are coming into existence, there is also a need to digitize the health records. Besides, the department wants to examine if the robotic automation of health records can work. The first deployment of the electronic health record was planned to take place at Mann-Grandstaff Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, in March. Congress later pushed the launch to July, but it did not materialize. However, the launch did not take place in July as the Veteran Affairs Department was also engaged in the fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Digitalization of Electronic Health Records

As the system is almost reaching its full capacity, VA staff and health care providers will have to ensure all the records are digitalized, and they will also be linked with the correct patients and clinicians. However, this process of deploying and integrating electronic health systems is always complicated if the data is not machine-readable. To manage this, The VA is adopting robotic process…

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