I'm picking up strong signals that the Veterans Affairs Department has yet to fix the bug in its electronic health data exchange with the Defense Department and may not until next week rather than on March 9 as predicted.
The bug, which resulted in a VA doctor accessing erroneous patient information -- a prescription for an erectile dysfunction drug was in a record of a female patient -- evidently is taking longer to fix than originally anticipated.
VA promises to fill me in on March 15.
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Bob....
Stay on this one.
I'll give you 8 to 5 that the med was correctly entered into AHLTA, but ended up on the wrong patient record in the pharmacy.
Hint: Order entry in AHLTA goes to CHCS (this is where the mistake happens.)
The last time I'm aware of this happening was at Ft. Belvoir, VA.
See this article: http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/aderia/aderia.htm
UNKNOWN 03/15/10 01:14 pm ET