Two major medical systems in the San Diego area, the private HMO Kaiser Permanente and the Department of Veterans Affairs, will announce a program to share patient records, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The collaboration "marks the first time a computerized patient-records system operated by a federal agency has been linked to one operated by a private organization" and will link "files from both institutions for about 1,000 patients who receive care from both providers...

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