iEHR framework to use DoD enterprise artchitecture

The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have agreed upon a common architectural framework for the integrated electronic health record system, or iEHR. The iEHR will use DoD Architecture Framework 2.0, said officials from the DoD/VA Interagency Program Office speaking last week at the Government Health IT Conference in Washington, D.C. The two departments also have outlined a "to be" architecture that will result in 16 unique applications and services for DoD, six unique applications and services for VA and 30 common applications and services. --Read the full post at FierceGovernmentIT