Office of Health Informatics
About the office
The Office of Health Informatics (OHI) supports VA’s health care system, clinicians, and program office staff by providing innovative health information management, enhanced by technology, to support the needs of VHA clinicians and sharing partners. OHI ensures clinical applications and information systems, including the Veteran Health Information Systems Technology Architecture/Computerized Patient Record System (VistA/CPRS) and Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM), are designed, configured, deployed, and optimized in a manner that meets the requirements of VHA users; enhances health data exchanges with federal and private partners; and provides policy and guidance to Informatics, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Library, Privacy, Health Information Management, and Records Management personnel nationwide.
Activites
Supports features and optimization of VistA/CPRS and related systems to provide the most efficient, accessible, high quality of care for Veterans.
Provides input to Electronic Health Record Modernization to support configuration of the workflows, usability, and safety of the new Electronic Health Record (EHR).
Broadens and deepens clinical informatics competencies across VHA.
Expands Veteran health information access and interoperability with DoD and Community Care providers to improve Health Information Exchange (HIE).
Facilitates clinically driven decision making for development, acquisition and maintenance of health information systems through business requirements, strategy, and investment analysis.
Provides national policy and guidance to health informatics, data rights, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), data privacy, health information management, health records management, and library personnel nationwide.