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Tenn. Health Agency Seeks To Convert to VA’s Computer System

On Tuesday, officials from the Tennessee Department of Health presented Gov.  Bill Haslam (R) with a budget request that, if granted, would allow the agency  to convert its current computer system to one used by the Department of Veterans  Affairs, the Tennessean reports.

About the Current System

John Dreyzehner, the state health commissioner, said the department’s current  Patient Tracking Billing Management System is more than 20 years old and is  neither efficient nor effective.

He said the system is limited in what it can do, adding that it cannot create  or maintain electronic health records that can be shared among local health  agencies.

Details of the VA System

Tennessee health officials would like to replace the department’s old  computer system with an open-source, non-proprietary system that VA  developed.

Dreyzehner said that VA’s computer system has been praised for efficiently  keeping track of more than eight million patients.

Costs Associated With the Conversion

Converting to VA’s system would take several years and cost nearly $9 million  in the first year, according to the Tennessean.

The budget request would cover the hiring of 27 state workers to implement  and manage the new system (Marsteller, Tennessean, 11/6).

Source: iHealthBeat

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