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Support the training of medical students at VA facilities

About 60% of medical students get some training at VA facilities now.  Most get training in how to use VisTa.  More medical students getting more training at VA facilities will improve both VA care and the nation's ability to implement EMR/EHR's.

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Support the training of medical students at VA facilities
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Include behavioral economics training
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Include training in patient-focused evidence-based medicine
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Including training in the utility of an EMR/EHR in acute care
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Physician benefit of patient use of a PHR as myHealthyVet
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Training on the integrated functionality of VisTa
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Utility of an EMR/EHR in facilitating continuity of care
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Utility of EMR/EHR/RHIO across systems of care
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A laser beam focus on VisTa as a Health System Integrator
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Be very sure that VHA and HHS cooperate
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Coordinate with Institute for Healthcare Improvement
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Coordinate with Institute of Medicine Recommendations
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Create virtual communities of excellent practitioners and teams
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Education and Frontline Support
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Encourage Academic Medical Center implementation of VisTa
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Encourage development of Intervention List
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Examine what Sweden has done
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Extirpate middlemen from the health care trough
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Model, Simulate and Research
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Shift some saved $ to support Dr-Pt interaction
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Support creation of an "Open Formulary" for Primary Care
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Support customization of VisTa for a Public Option
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Support education of Medical Assistants in community colleges
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Support Implementation of VA VisTa at Critical Access Hospitals
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Support implementation of VisTa in all Public Clinics
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Support implementation of VisTa in all Public Hospitals
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Support primary care career selection
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Support Primary Care implementation of Essential Evidence
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Support training of high school students to become medical assistants
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Support VA VisTa in the VA
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Support worldvista.org
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Understand that opponents of VisTa are opponents of good VA care
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