Clinical Information Support System (CISS) is a web-based portal application that provides a framework of services for the VA enterprise and supplies an integration point for its partner systems. The initial CISS partner system is the Occupational Health Record-keeping System (OHRS), a web-based application that enables employee occupational health staff to create, maintain, and monitor medical records for VA employees and generate national, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and site-specific reports.The CISS portal is development in the delivery of information and applications to the clinical user community. It provides a single point of access for the clinical user's application and information needs, facilitating faster and more efficient patient care.The CISS framework further establishes a foundation for publishing any type of application, including clinical, non-clinical, HealtheVet, and legacy applications. These plug-in applications, called 'partner systems', can be developed independently and published to the users through the CISS portal. The CISS Program development team uses repeatable Agile development, management and support processes to rapidly develop quality software in 6-month release cycles, improving efficiency and customer satisfaction.

The Automated Safety Incident Surveillance and Tracking System (ASISTS) is a repository of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) employee accident data. Many types of accidents are captured, but the primary focus of the ASISTS database is to track and to report on employee exposures to blood borne pathogens through needlesticks, sharps and body fluids. Accident data is captured locally at medical centers using the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) ASISTS package. Federal Employee Compensation claims are transmitted electronically in order to provide efficient and timely submission to the Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs; and to ensure that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses is maintained. On a daily basis the Federal Employee Compensation claims are transmitted by Electronic Data Interchange extraction. A weekly download of the accident reports are sent to the national database using MailMan messages. On a monthly basis, extracts are sent to the ASISTS central repository located at the Austin Information Technology Center. The VHA Support Service Center (VSSC) provides multiple customized reports on the VSSC Web portal available on the VA Intranet. The primary users of ASISTS include OSHA, VA Headquarters, the VISN Directors, and occupational safety and health professionals located at each VA medical facility.

Following the death of a Veteran by suicide, BHAP receives post-mortem medical data and interviewee contact information from VHA suicide prevention coordinators. Data include relevant historical activities and related medical concerns as reviewed in the Veteran's medical record. Interviewees typically include a Veteran's family or close friends. Interviewee data includes behavioral information about the Veteran prior to their death. Data are collected at the VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention and are cleaned, processed, and managed by statistical staff and program analysts on behalf of Mental Health Services.

The Associated Health Allocation Database is used to determine the allocation of positions and funds for VA Associated Health programs offered by Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMC).

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Resident Supervision Handbook (VHA Handbook 1400.1) requires facility directors to report annually the status of their residency training programs to their Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) Director. VISN Directors review and then forward those reports to the VHA Chief Academic Affiliations Officer. This database enables electronic, paperless reporting of this information from VA Medical Centers to the VISN and from the VISN to the Office of Academic Affiliations.

VA is posting regular data updates showing progress on its efforts to accelerate access to quality health care for Veterans who have been waiting for appointments. These access data updates will be posted at the middle and end of each month at VA.gov. The facility-level data show the current status of VA's: 1) New Enrollee Appointment Request (NEAR) List: The total number of newly enrolled Veterans that have asked for an appointment during the enrollment process. Out of an abundance of caution, VA reviewed the NEAR data from the past decade to identify any individual who: has enrolled for care since the inception of enrollment, indicated they desired an appointment on the enrollment form, and has not yet had a scheduled appointment in the VHA health care system. 2) Electronic Wait List (EWL) Count: The total number of all new patients (those who have not been seen in the specific clinic in the previous 24 months) for whom appointments cannot be scheduled in 90 days or less; and 3) Total Appointments Scheduled: Every appointment scheduled at the facility except surgery and medical procedures. The term 'pending' has replaced the term 'prospective,' which predicts the availability of scheduled appointments in the future for new Veterans on a given date, and the term 'completed' replaced the term 'retrospective,' which indicates when appointments actually occurred.

VA is posting regular data updates showing progress on its efforts to accelerate access to quality health care for Veterans who have been waiting for appointments. These access data updates will be posted at the middle and end of each month at VA.gov. The facility-level data show the current status of VA's: 1) New Enrollee Appointment Request (NEAR) List: The total number of newly enrolled Veterans that have asked for an appointment during the enrollment process. Out of an abundance of caution, VA reviewed the NEAR data from the past decade to identify any individual who: has enrolled for care since the inception of enrollment, indicated they desired an appointment on the enrollment form, and has not yet had a scheduled appointment in the VHA health care system. 2) Electronic Wait List (EWL) Count: The total number of all new patients (those who have not been seen in the specific clinic in the previous 24 months) for whom appointments cannot be scheduled in 90 days or less; and 3) Total Appointments Scheduled: Every appointment scheduled at the facility except surgery and medical procedures.

VA is posting regular data updates showing progress on its efforts to accelerate access to quality health care for Veterans who have been waiting for appointments. These access data updates will be posted at the middle and end of each month at VA.gov. The facility-level data show the current status of VA's: 1) New Enrollee Appointment Request (NEAR) List: The total number of newly enrolled Veterans that have asked for an appointment during the enrollment process. Out of an abundance of caution, VA reviewed the NEAR data from the past decade to identify any individual who: has enrolled for care since the inception of enrollment, indicated they desired an appointment on the enrollment form, and has not yet had a scheduled appointment in the VHA health care system. 2) Electronic Wait List (EWL) Count: The total number of all new patients (those who have not been seen in the specific clinic in the previous 24 months) for whom appointments cannot be scheduled in 90 days or less; and 3) Total Appointments Scheduled: Every appointment scheduled at the facility except surgery and medical procedures.

The Post-Deployment Health Strategic Healthcare Group (PDHSHG) Registry System of Records is the information system encompassing the Ionizing Radiation Registry (IRR), the Agent Orange Registry (AOR), and the Gulf War Registry (GWR) which also includes related Depleted Uranium (DU) exams. The AOR area of the PDH database contains VA entered information about U.S. Veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam between 1962 and 1975, in Korea between April 1968 and August 1971, or who had a registry exam because of possible exposure to dioxin or another toxic substance in an herbicide during the conduct of, or as a result of, the testing, transporting, or spraying of herbicides for military purposes.

The Administrative Data Repository (ADR) was established to provide support for the administrative data elements relative to multiple categories of a person entity such as demographic and eligibility information. Although initially focused on the computing needs of the Veterans Health Administration, the ADR is positioned to provide identity management and demographics support for all IT systems within the Department of Veterans Affairs.