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GAO tells DOD and the VA...it's time to share! A new report from the General Accounting Office says that the fact that the two agencies don't share patient records, could be putting vets at risk. Specifically, those who can get health care from both the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Without a information system making patient histories accessible to both, pharmacists at one department are in the dark about what medicines the patients are getting from the other agency. That means possible dangerous drug combinations. GAO recommends the patient info systems be shared. The departments have agreed, but say it will take some time to put into effect.
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