VA working on 'Aviva' - next generation of VistA

March 11, 2010, 9:49 am by Healthcare IT News

The Department of Veterans Affairs is at work on the next generation of VistA, its 20-plus year-old electronic medical record system, which is often praised by users but considered a headache to planners working to bring VA health systems fully into the Internet age. The new system - dubbed Aviva - is designed to be Web-enabled, modular and capable of easily exchanging health records with other EMRs and organizations using standards built for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN).

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