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Re: VistA - The First Amputation
by Matt King on Thursday November 08, @12:43PM
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| I would really like to write a letter similiar to this to the right Congressman and would encourage everyone else to also write one. Does anyone have names and emails or addresses to the "right congressmen or women?
Dear Honorable Senator,
I was appalled to hear that the VA awarded Cerner millions of taxpayers money for VA work. The VA has their very own able programmers who can tackle this job; instead, this is another example of wasting public money.
Worse, it wastes money on another, more catastrophic level: Much of the VA software for health care is in public domain. This software is already becoming a part of the healthcare crisis solution as a low cost, high quality EHR already proven capable of saving American lives. Choking this flow of information to the public is a colossal waste of resources, stifles innovation in the private sector and this will not be popular with American tax-payers who deserve to leverage their dollars in the most cost effective ways.
Please understand that while the VA is focused on Veterans, a symbiotic community has evolved that greatly magnifies the impact of any investments the VA makes. This magnification is still in it infancy but has tremendous untapped potential that is off most policy makers'radar. A proprietary solution in the VA will seriously hamper the trickle down of software to the underserved and uninsured population. Given that affordability and sustainability of software will continue to be a major stumbling block to leveraging HIT, policy makers should be especially sensitive to solutions or even potential solutions in health systems!
Please re-consider this strategy! The Veterans Administration has proven time and time again that they are the best health care system in the United States and possibly the world. They do this at significantly lower costs than other US systems. Up until now, I was always happy to pay taxes for Veterans Care. Why are you trying to fix them? There are a lot of other things that need your attention.
Thank you,
Matt King
Humble Taxpayer |
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