The United States Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the branch of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that provides health care to honorably discharged veterans of the United States military. The VHA is the largest integrated health care system in the United States.
The health care provided by the VHA compares well[1] or better[2] than health care provided outside of the VHA. Its improvement and re-engineering in the 1990s has been detailed.[3]
The VA's electronic health record or electronic medical record is call VISTA and CPRS. It is maintained by the VA's Office Of Information & Technology (OI&T).
The VA complies with privacy policies of the United States:
The VA's policy is available online:
"The quality of care in the VA health care system substantially improved after the implementation of a systemwide reengineering and, during the period from 1997 through 2000, was significantly better than that in the Medicare fee-for-service program". [4]