Electronic health records: VA needs to address data management challenges for new system : report to congressional requesters
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Alternate Title(s):
- VA needs to address data management challenges for new system: report to congressional requesters
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body. United States. Congress, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, February 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Data Management -- statistics & numerical data Electronic Health Records -- organization & administration Government Regulation United States United States. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Why GAO did this study. VA clinicians use health data to provide health care services to the nation’s veterans. Stakeholders across the department also rely on health data to support reporting capabilities that can help monitor patient safety and measure the quality of care, among other things. GAO was asked to review VA’s EHRM data management plans. The objectives of this review included describing the department’s plans for (1) migrating data to the new EHR system and determining the extent to which VA has implemented its plans and (2) continuity of reporting and determining the extent to which the department has implemented its plans. To do so, GAO reviewed VA’s plans and progress reports discussing data migration and reporting continuity for EHRM. GAO also compared these efforts to applicable federal guidance for data management and relevant project management practices. In addition, GAO interviewed knowledgeable VA officials. What GAO Recommends. GAO is making two recommendations to VA that it (1) establish and use performance measures and goals to ensure the quality of migrated data and (2) use a stakeholder register to identify and engage all relevant EHRM stakeholders to meet their reporting needs. VA concurred with GAO’s recommendations.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (ii, 47 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918434583006676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918434583006676