VA awards $14M EHR contract
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded CACI International a $14 million contract to provide core development support on the VA’s Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) program. The 18-month contract--one base year plus a six-month option--is one of 25 CACI has received under the $91 million VLER prime contract, according to a release.
CACI won the prime contract in October 2010.
VLER is an across-the-board solution that consolidates electronic health and benefits records of Armed Forces members for exchange within the VA and externally to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies. Under the VLER Core Development task order, CACI will build the data access service-–a key component of VLER that will electronically move data throughout various VA and external systems, helping veterans receive their benefits faster. The company's use of flexible, modular technology to build the data access service will enable VLER to easily, quickly and cost-effectively connect disparate systems, according to CACI.
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