Kaiser Permanente and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have announced a pilot program under which the two organizations are sharing patient electronic health records.

"The program connects the VA's VistA (Veterans Affairs Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture) and Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect electronic health records systems," writes Computerworld's Lucas Mearian. "VA beneficiaries and Kaiser Permanente members in the San Diego area were the first to be offered the opportunity to sign up for the pilot."

"The VA is the nation's largest integrated health care system, serving 5.4 million veterans out of 7 million eligible current and former service members," Mearian notes.

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