Evaluation of VLER-Indiana Health Information Exchange Demonstration Project
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Asthma, Osteoporosis, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Cardiology, Psychiatric, Diabetes |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Cardiology / Vascular Diseases, Endocrinology, Psychiatry / Psychology, Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases, Rheumatology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | Any |
| Updated: | 4/21/2016 |
| Start Date: | December 2012 |
| End Date: | January 2016 |
Evaluation of VLER_Indiana Health Information Exchange Demonstration Project
Three out of four Veterans receive a portion of their care from non-VA providers. On April
9, 2009, President Barack Obama directed the Department of Veterans Affairs and the
Department of Defense to create the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER). On August
2010, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki visited Indianapolis, and after
visiting with leaders from the VA Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Center of
Excellence and the Regenstrief Institute, he made the following public comments regarding
the latest partnership between the two institutions: "This new technology allows safer, more
secure, and private access to electronic health information which, in turn, enhances our
ability to continue providing Veterans with the quality care that they have earned."
This new technology refers to the VLER HEALTH program that the Indianapolis VA is now
implementing in partnership with the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana Health Information
Exchange (IHIE). This VA-IHIE demonstration project is intended to create the capacity for
VA institutions to exchange health information with community partners.
Investigators from the VA HSR&D Center on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice are active
collaborators in building and implementing this program. The VA-IHIE program provides the
bi-directional exchange of health information between VA and non-VA providers. Based on our
pilot study of linked VA-IHIE data, investigators are conducting an evaluation of the impact
of the VA-IHIE demonstration project upon health care quality and cost of Veterans by taking
advantage of the initiation of the implementation as a natural experiment.
9, 2009, President Barack Obama directed the Department of Veterans Affairs and the
Department of Defense to create the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER). On August
2010, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki visited Indianapolis, and after
visiting with leaders from the VA Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Center of
Excellence and the Regenstrief Institute, he made the following public comments regarding
the latest partnership between the two institutions: "This new technology allows safer, more
secure, and private access to electronic health information which, in turn, enhances our
ability to continue providing Veterans with the quality care that they have earned."
This new technology refers to the VLER HEALTH program that the Indianapolis VA is now
implementing in partnership with the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana Health Information
Exchange (IHIE). This VA-IHIE demonstration project is intended to create the capacity for
VA institutions to exchange health information with community partners.
Investigators from the VA HSR&D Center on Implementing Evidence-Based Practice are active
collaborators in building and implementing this program. The VA-IHIE program provides the
bi-directional exchange of health information between VA and non-VA providers. Based on our
pilot study of linked VA-IHIE data, investigators are conducting an evaluation of the impact
of the VA-IHIE demonstration project upon health care quality and cost of Veterans by taking
advantage of the initiation of the implementation as a natural experiment.
This study will perform a pre-post evaluation of the VA-IHIE implementation, with a
concurrent control group, among Veterans seen at the Indianapolis VA. Data on care received
by Veterans will be obtained for one year before, and one year after, VA-IHIE enrollment.
Patients will be recruited into the VA-IHIE program in a rolling manner over the course of a
year, and thus will have different calendar intervals of follow-up. For purposes of
evaluation, investigators will approach the VA-IHIE implementation as a patient-directed
intervention given that additional information available from the exchange is available only
on a patient-by-patient basis, i.e., a provider cannot use exchange information available
for one patient in the care of another. Although the VA-IHIE program will be implemented at
the site level, patients will be enrolled individually.
concurrent control group, among Veterans seen at the Indianapolis VA. Data on care received
by Veterans will be obtained for one year before, and one year after, VA-IHIE enrollment.
Patients will be recruited into the VA-IHIE program in a rolling manner over the course of a
year, and thus will have different calendar intervals of follow-up. For purposes of
evaluation, investigators will approach the VA-IHIE implementation as a patient-directed
intervention given that additional information available from the exchange is available only
on a patient-by-patient basis, i.e., a provider cannot use exchange information available
for one patient in the care of another. Although the VA-IHIE program will be implemented at
the site level, patients will be enrolled individually.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Veteran's receiving care at the Indianapolis VAMC at least one year prior and one
year post VA-IHIE enrollment
- Veteran's receiving care from a facility other than the Indianapolis VAMC one year
prior and one year post VA-IHIE enrollment
Exclusion Criteria:
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