The Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) and Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) and Why They Are Important to the Department of Defense (DOD)

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LCDR Steve Steffensen, MC, USN, Chief Medical Information Officer for the U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, Fort Detrick, MD, and the Military Health System’s Coordinator for the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) and Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER), discusses both projects.