Computerizing Large Integrated Health Networks: The VA Success

Addressed to senior health care administrators, chief executive office rs, and physicians and nurse clinicians involved in management, this b ook describes the evolution of an information systems technology archi tecture capable of supporting a multi-facility system. Contributors fr om within the VA document their involvement in system design and devel opment and describe the principles that have allowed the system to evo lve over time. Focusing on clinical services and deriving management i nformation from them, the VA offers a compelling model for multi-facil ity systems. The book is the first comprehensive description of this m odel in print. Honored in 1995 by the Computer-based Patient Record In stitute (CPRI) for the capabilities of its CPR, the VA is transforming its system into an integrated services network — adopted for use by several major health systems in North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.