Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James Nicholson speaks at a press conference to announce that its model system of electronic health records has won the "Innovations in American Government Award"
Nicholson discusses the effectiveness of the electronic records system, especially during the Hurricane Katrina disaster, when the medical records of veterans living in the New Orleans area were instantaneously available at their evacuation sites (0:41).
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July 10, 2006
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