Comments on: DoD, The VA and You The New Vet

By: mike_brewer

mike_brewer — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:18:21 +0000

“Welp” as Ronnie Reagan used to say, I knew you were a “brainiac” from your first posting Tip! Great input. Now that you have outed yourself and your true skills.. should we expect more? Yes “incompatible” is a bit non-descriptive eh?

By: tiponeill

tiponeill — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:48:38 +0000

I need to place a caveat on that comment – it assumes that the “data” actually exists somewhere in some computerized data format.
Perhaps the “incompatible data” Sheneki was referring to are hand scrawled notes on pieces of paper.
If that is the case then indeed someone will have to manually transcribe that data into a database

By: tiponeill

tiponeill — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:24:33 +0000

“Incompatible data ” – nonsense. I worked in the field, although in the private and not the military end, and specialized in the transfer of medical data between “incompatible” systems using a well established protocol called HL7.
I also visited with SAIC in DC doing this for military systems and the VA in Austin using the same technology.
I am sure that there are tons of bureaucratic obstructions and regulations but there are no technical obstacles to doing this.
I thought it had been done years ago.