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Health IT Strategic Framework

Attachment 3

Department of Defense

Report On

Approaches to Work with the Private Sector to Make Health Information Systems
Available and Affordable to Rural and Medically Underserved Communities

Table of Contents

Transmittal Letter from David S. C. Chu
I. Executive Summary
II. Introduction
III. Background
    A. Rural and Underserved Requirements
IV. Rural Health and Medically Underserved Target Architecture - "Blueprint" or "Road Map"
V. Interoperability and Common Standards
    A. Interoperability - Data Exchange
            1. Federal Health Information Exchange
            2. Clinical Health Data Repository
            3. Laboratory Data Sharing Interoperability
            4. Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy
            5. Centralized Credentials Quality Assurance Systems/VetPro
            6. Federal Health Architecture Electronic Health Record Initiative
    B. Data Security Technical, and Communication Standards
    C. Infrastructure Considerations
VI. DoD Health Information Technologies for Use in Different Environments
    A. Mobile Healthcare Provider Settings
    B. Small Family Practice Clinic Settings
    C. Large Clinics and Smaller Hospitals
    D. TeleHealth Used for Long Distance Consultations and Distance Learning
VII. Contracting Considerations
VIII. Summary of Approaches and Knowledge Transfer
IX. Considerations and Barriers
X. Summary
Appendix A - Definitions
Appendix B - Target DoD Standards Profile
Appendix C - VA/DoD Telehealth Projects
Appendix D - Benefits of Telehealth

Last revised: July 28, 2004

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