On April 27, 2004, President Bush issued the Executive Order "Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology and Establishing the Position of the National Health Information Technology Coordinator." The purpose of the Order was for "the development of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare." As part of this Order in Section 4(b), the President directed the Secretaries of the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Defense (DoD) to jointly report to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) on the approaches the Departments could take to work more actively with the private sector to make their health information systems available as an affordable option for providers in rural and medically underserved communities. The Order requires the Departments to document their approach in a joint report within 90 days, by July 25, 2004. This report answers that requirement from the DoD perspective.
Last revised: November 10, 2004
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