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NextGov | VA’s Health Records Digitization Backlog Is 5 Miles High
Continued digitization of veterans’ health records has the potential to revolutionize the way Veterans Affairs doctors administer treatment. But none of that is possible if the records never get entered into the system.
The Veterans Health Administration currently has a backlog of almost 600,000 documents in a queue to be digitized as of July 2018, with the oldest records dating back to October 2016, according to the agency inspector general. Stacked up, that backlog would reach more than five miles into the sky.
Stars & Stripes | First woman on the moon could be a soldier
Lt. Col. Anne McClain is one of 12 female astronauts who could become the first woman on the moon by 2024, a list compiled by NASA shows. She’s also the only one of the 12 who’s in the Army. |
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