1. Electronic Healthcare Records Acquisition Initiatives William E. Newell Chief, IT Development Division VA Office of Acquisition and Logistics, Technology Acquisition Center

2. Current Actions Electronic Records – Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) DoD VA 13 Greatest Challenges – Integrated Health/Benefits System including VLER – Veteran Relationship Management – Healthcare Modeling/Infrastructure – Expanded Healthcare Delivery System Innovations Program – Healthcare IT Innovations – Emerge from VA Medical Care Facilities – Leverage Latest Technologies Program Management Accountability System (PMAS) – Six Month Incremental Development 2

3. Future Endeavors TAC to implement Enterprise Contract Vehicles – Services – Hardware – Licenses Facilitate Health Systems/Records Standardization and Scalability Integration – Security (PII) – Business Rules Integrated Delivery of Comprehensive Healthcare, Diagnostic, Laboratory and Clinical Services under Single Enterprise 3