Projects

We perform clinical data quality analysis and improvement services for the Veterans Health Information Exchange.  We examine incoming and outgoing data in the Joint DoD / VHA Health Information Exchange (JJHIE)  to determine if data is being sent and interpreted accurately between the VHA and Cerner Millennium, DoD, community provider partners and the VHA.  We analyze data exchange problems and engage with external and internal data exchange partners to rectify them. 

Support of the Veteran's Health Information Exchange office and their Community Care healthcare  providers. The external partners exchange Veteran health information with each  other’s organizations using an exchange, which is an open architecture,  standards-based approach to healthcare information exchange. VHIE provides a network of healthcare systems capable of exchanging  information securely over the internet based on a common set of  standards, specifications, and policies which enables the bi-directional sharing of VA and  non-VA healthcare records. 

We perform a wide range of clinical terminology services including: 

• VHA's MED-RT Releases
• Produce updates to VistA reference terminologies for Allergies, Documents and Medications
• Add new terms to VistA
• Perform terminology matching to align terms to international standards
• Analysis of CHDR Data between DoD and VA

We represent the VHA at several international data standards organizations and standards related organizations such as HL7 and SNOMED to influence international data exchange standards and report on HL7 working  group activities.  We support Patient Care, Structured Documents, Vocabulary, CIMI, FHIR (tm)  and other workgroups.

Supporting the Office of Communications and the VA Deputy of Social media with COVID-19 related informational videos, info-graphics, posts, briefings and articles.  These social media campaigns keeps veterans and clinicians alike informed on important public health issues.

Supporting the accurate design, creation and firing of alerts, CDS is a broad area of concern.  We analysed White Paper submissions and provided terminology and clinical feedback for CDS including Gastroenterology Hepatitis C, Cardiology Cardiac Catheterization, Mental Health Homelessness, and Tobacco Assessment and Cessation.