News Report | September 23, 2018
Walgreens & Veterans Administration Create Care Coordination Partnership
On August 17, 2018, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) announced a partnership with Walgreens to improve pharmaceutical care coordination for VA health care consumers. Through the partnership, Walgreens will update pharmacy and immunization records in consumers' VA electronic health records as part of the VA Health Information Exchange (VHIE) project. Updates are done through Walgreens' electronic health record (EHR) platform. This is an expansion of an October 2014 partnership between Walgreens and the VA to share immunization records with the VA.
The VHIE is a health data sharing network that provides a common set of standards, legal . . .