VA to share health info with private-sector medical systems

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VA to share health info with private-sector medical systems
By Leo Shane III
Friday, Oct 6
A nursing officer at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia administers a Covid-19 vaccine. Jefferson Health is one of 13 private-sector health care systems to announce a data sharing agreement with the VA. (Gabriella Audi/AFP via Getty Images)

Veterans Affairs officials on Friday announced a new data-sharing partnership with 13 major health care systems across America to better track and improve veterans’ medical care.

The agreement covers more than 250 hospitals and nearly 4,000 medical centers with hundreds of thousands of patients. Under the partnership, the outside health care companies will help ensure veterans are getting needed treatments and benefits by exchanging information with the VA on veterans’ routine care and specialty medical requests.

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