Roger Baker, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, Gives Statement on VA at Sub-Hearing

While I am proud of the accomplishments of the VA IT organization over the last 16 months, I also recognize that much, much more work remains to be done.  As the only Department-level consolidated IT organization, I believe that VA IT must strive to be a leader both inside and outside of government.  To that end, I would tell you what my goals are for us in the coming years:

4. Create an Open Source model for the VistA electronic health record system, bringing back the innovation that made VistA the best electronic health record system in the country.