One would think that records in general would be 'tip top' because its the military, it should be. Only those who have served and their families see what kind of a disaster it all is.

Having done medical records (mostly radiology) just prior to things starting to be digitized, finding lost records were a major pain in the ass. We would find them though. We had to. Not finding them was not an option. This was also right as HIPAA was being implemented. I remember thinking this is all going to be a mess.

In 2007 we moved to Grand Junction, CO. We had discovered the most amazing thing. The town actually had everything on EHR. It was a test area to see how efficient the process was and IS. It is great to go from your regular doctor to a specialist without having to cart things around. If you had an x-ray...they pulled it up right there with you,regardless of where in town it was taken. One would assume at this point the VA would have the same standard....I found out that is the furthest from the truth.

Maybe MediBloc is part of the answer. The biggest question is which system? For it to work nationwide, it should be 1 system. As I am finding out there are several and for each hospital, doctors office, etc they would have to pay a subscription fee to access whichever system is being used by said facility.

Someday, somewhere someone might remove their head from their hind quarters and actually do something about all of this.