Records for disability compensation could conceivably be delivered in 7-10 days under the new pilot system, compared with the current average of 40 days. The contractor would retrieve the records from the physician’s office, scan them into a digital format and send the material to VA through a secure transmission.
The pilot will involve 60,000 record requests at regional benefits offices in Phoenix, New York, St. Louis, Portland, Ore., Chicago, Anchorage, Alaska, Indianapolis, and Jackson, Miss.
Read the VA release medical records.
Read more coverage on improving use of medical records.
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– 12 Hospital and Health System CEO Goals for 2011
– Non-Profit Organization Launches Website Educating Clinicians on Use of EHRs
