Open Source VA Electronic Health Record System

VA Electronic Health Records System Could Be Low-Cost Option for Non-VA Hospitals 04/30/09. The Veterans Health Administration's open-source electronic health records system could be an effective and low-cost option for non-Veterans Affairs hospitals that are seeking to implement such a system but have been held back by the cost, the Wall Street Journal reports. A recent survey in the New England Journal of Medicine found that fewer than 2% of the 5,000 non-VA hospitals in the U.S. have a full-fledged EHR system. Many facilities have said they cannot afford such a system, which can cost between $20 million and $100 million to implement, according to the Journal. KaiserNetwork.org