Veterans Agency to Deploy Open Source Electronic Health Records
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The Veterans Affairs Department, which operates one of the largest medical systems in the world, is moving ahead with plans to modernize its electronic health-records using open-source software.
The agency today issued a draft request for a contractor to build and manage a network of software developers to upgrade the 28-year-old Veterans Integrated System Technology Architecture, or Vista, according to a Veterans Affairs news release.