DoD-VA integration failure is no laughing matter, even to Stewart

Last week, I had a clip from “The Colbert Report” because Dr. Eric Topol appeared on the show to discuss digital health in a lively segment with Stephen Colbert. (I reported on it for InformationWeek Healthcare. The editors told me to have fun, so I did.) This time around, I’m going to give Jon Stewart equal time, not because I feel like having more fun with “fake news,” but because the host of “The Daily Show” had some insightful comments about the failure of the Military Health System and the Veterans Health Administration to get their EHRs to interoperate. Though his job is to make people laugh—and ostensibly to upset conservatives—Stewart has been an outspoken advocate for America’s veterans, and when he heard the Obama administration has created a massive backlog for disabled veterans to receive VA health benefits, he went off. As far as I can tell, he got everything right, too. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Related posts: Gingrich on EHRs in the 2009 stimulus Health Affairs on Obama HIT plans Topol visits Colbert for a heart, ear exam
Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog - Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Tags: Barack Obama EMR/EHR health information exchange health IT Healthcare IT interoperability video AHLTA Department of Veterans Affairs Jon Stewart Military Health System VistA Source Type: blogs