The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) implementation of the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER): Findings and lessons learned from Health Information Exchange at 12 sites
VLER Health, a pioneer in HIE, made great strides in advancing HIE and standards. Mixed methods approach provided insightful, real-world HIE implementation lessons. Clinicians reported high perceived value, trust, and experience with VLER Health. Veterans reported high perceived value and few barriers/concerns about VLER HIE. Clinicians will sustain VLER Health use as data availability and quality improve.
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