1. Enhancing Health Data Interoperability Between the DoD, VA, and their Private Sector Partners
Dr. Lauren Thompson, Director, DoD/VA IPO
November 30, 2017

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Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:
Provide an overview of the DoD/ VA Interagency Program Office
Discuss current data sharing initiatives between DoD, VA, and their private sector partners
Discuss the ongoing collaboration with industry partners to serve the unique needs of service members, veterans, and their families
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5. 9.4M Eligible Beneficiaries 24M Eligible Beneficiaries
DoD/VA Landscape
1,100+ Care Locations
Includes care locations on ships and submarines
9.4M Eligible Beneficiaries
Primarily cares for the younger, active duty population and their families
101M Annual Visits*
60% Private Sector Care
*Source: ‘Evaluation of the Tricare Program: Access, Cost, and Quality; Fiscal Year 2017 Report to Congress’
1,400+ Care Locations
Includes care locations in each state
24M Eligible Beneficiaries
Primarily cares for a population with
long-term medical claims
6.26M Annual Visits**
30% Private Sector Care
**Source: VA Benefits & Health Care Utilization Pocket Card at
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6. Value of Interoperability
Achieving interoperability is essential to the Department of Defense and Department of Veteran Affairs’ ability to efficiently improve healthcare for active duty military, veterans, and beneficiaries.
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7. History of the DoD/VA IPO
December 2007
The NDAA for FY 2008 directs DoD/VA to develop a fully interoperable electronic healthcare system and establish the IPO.
January 2009
Pursuant to FY 2008 NDAA, the IPO completes its charter and articulates its mission and functions with respect to attaining interoperable electronic health data.
March 2011
The Secretaries of Defense and VA instructed DoD/VA to develop a new single, joint integrated electronic health record (iEHR).
February 2013
Departments decide to change course and pursue the modernization of individual systems, which included the decision of the DoD to replace its current AHLTA system and VA to modernize its existing VistA health information system.
December 2013
The IPO was re-chartered to lead DoD/VA efforts to implement national health data standards for interoperability, and to establish, monitor and approve clinical and technical standards to integration of health data between the two Departments and the private sector.
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IPO Today
“The purpose of the Office shall be to jointly oversee and monitor the efforts of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs in implementing national health data standards for interoperability and act as the single point of accountability for identifying, monitoring, and approving the clinical and technical data standards and profiles to ensure seamless integration of health data between the two Departments and private health care providers. The Office shall support national interoperability efforts by closely collaborating with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.”
— IPO Charter, March 2016
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9. Where We Fit Office of Information Technology
Department of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of Defense
Under Secretary of Defense (USD) for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
USD for Personnel and Readiness
Office of Information Technology
Program Executive Office DoD Healthcare Management Systems (PEO DHMS)
Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD), Health Affairs
Defense Health Agency (DHA)
DoD/VA Interagency Program Office (IPO)
Health Data Standards
DoD Healthcare Management System Modernization (DHMSM)
Modernized EHR
Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems (JOMIS)
Operational Medicine IT
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10. DoD and VA: Interoperability Today
16M+
Correlated Patients
415K+
DoD and VA Clinicians
1.5M
Data Elements Exchanged Daily
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11. Current DoD-VA Health Data Interoperability
Allergies & Medications
CDR
CHDR
HDR
Service Treatment Record
HAIMS
VBMS
Health Record Display
DES
JLV
DAS
Many other systems, including civilian hospitals
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12. DoD and VA JLV Expansion
In 2013, the Departments deployed the Joint Legacy Viewer (JLV) to nine pilot sites, providing an integrated view of DoD and VA clinical information. Today, there are more than 415,000 total JLV users from DoD, VHA, and VBA.
**At the end of the third quarter of 2017, there were 88,345 total DoD JLV users; 315,199 total VHA JLV users; 16,069 total VBA JLV users; and 331,268 total VA JLV users; with a combined total of 419,613 DoD and JLV users.
This is improving the quality of care our beneficiaries receive and clinicians from both DoD and VA have stated the impact this is having on a daily basis. For example:
-A DoD clinician from Naval Medical Center San Diego stated: “JLV is improving the value of healthcare we provide to our beneficiaries by preventing extra tests that are done because we don’t have [the information readily] available.”
-A Medical Board Physician at Walter Reed stated “JLV saved the day this morning for a Soldier getting most of his care at a VA in Colorado – we had no idea about the severity of his illness unless we reviewed the VA notes.”
-A Rating Veterans Service Representative in Salt Lake City stated “the time saved in finding this information on JLV is minutes vs. days, weeks and sometime months”
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External Partner Map
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The Way Forward
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15. MHS GENESIS Deployment
Initial Deployment
Inpatient Deployment
Full Deployment
February 2017
Summer & Fall 2017
Target 2022
MHS GENESIS deployment commenced at Fairchild Air Force Base
Deployment continued at Naval Hospital Oak Harbor, Naval Hospital Bremerton, and Madigan Army Medical Center
Wave deployment to all Military Treatment Facilities and Dental Treatment Facilities
Training and Change Management Activities
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16. VA Modernization Strategy
“…I have decided that VA will adopt the same EHR system as DoD, now known as MHS GENESIS, which at its core consists of Cerner Millennium. VA’s adoption of the same EHR system as DoD will ultimately result in all patient data residing in one common system and enable seamless care between the Departments without the manual and electronic exchange and reconciliation of data between two separate systems.”
— U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. David J. Shulkin, June 2017
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17. Enhancing Interoperability
JOINT MODERNIZATION & INTEROPABILITY HUB
Joint Modernization & Interoperability Hub:
Encourage and enable collaboration across the Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA), and other federal partners by serving as a central resource for joint modernization and interoperability efforts
Provide clinical support and subject matter expertise to enable the Departments to address common data sharing issues
Interagency Coordination:
Provide guidance and oversight as DoD and VA enhance their interoperability and modernization efforts
Develop and monitor outcome-oriented and health data interoperability (HDI) metrics
Provide data quality assurance by monitoring and reporting DoD and VA’s use of and compliance with IPO-approved health data terminology standards
Standards & Technology:
Research, evaluate, and provide technical guidance to DoD, VA, and other public and private partners on current and emerging standards
Coordinate and collaborate with The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), industry , and other Standards Development Organizations
Develop interoperability use case framework and clinical interoperability scenarios
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION
STANDARDS & TECHNOLOGY
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HDI Metrics Dashboard
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19. Outcome-Oriented Metrics Roadmap
“Our approach to identify and define measures, assess data source feasibility, conduct data collection and analysis, and initiate a measurement methodology that quantitatively describes the impact of interoperability on healthcare outcomes.”
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20. Outcome-Oriented Metrics: Conceptual View
Identify
Metrics
Assess &
Evaluate
Generate
Joint HDS Workgroups
Outcome-Oriented Metric(s)
Interoperability Metrics
Health
Joint HDS Workgroup Readiness
Population
Transition
of Care
Transition of Care
SSM/IDES
IDES/SSM
Patient
Empowerment
Process Improvement
Patient Centric
Example of outcome focused areas
Quality of Care
Recommend outcome-oriented metrics for inclusion into metric monitoring and reporting
Assess and conduct feasibility of candidate metrics
Cost Efficiency
Identify potential candidate metrics based on use cases
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Collaboration
HDI
Standards Lifecycle
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