House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Next Live Webcast

December 2 at 10 a.m.
Full Committee hearing
“VA Health Care Funding: Appropriations to Programs”

November 19 at 2 p.m.
Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
“Adaptive Housing Grants”

Committee Information

• Welcome
• About the Committee
• About the Chairman
• Members
• Subcommittees
• Schedule
• Hearings
• Legislation
• Publications
• Photo Gallery
• Contact
• Republican Web site

Hearings » Examining the Progress of Electronic Health Record Interoperability Between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense

Opening Statements

• Hon. Harry E. Mitchell, Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Witness Testimonies

• Panel 1

• Valerie C. Melvin, Director, Information Management and Human Capital Issues, U.S. Government Accountability Office



• Panel 2

• Rear Admiral Gregory A. Timberlake, SHCE, USN, Acting Director, U.S. Department of Defense/U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Office
• Accompanied By:
• Cliff Freeman, Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Defense/U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Office
• Mary Ann Rockey, Program Executive Officer/Deputy Chief Information Officer (Acquisition), Military Health System, U.S. Department of Defense
• Accompanied By:
• Captain (Select) Michael Weiner, MC, USN, Chief Medical Officer, Defense Health Information Management System, U.S. Department of Defense
• The Honorable Roger W. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, Office of Information and Technology, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Accompanied By:
• Paul A. Tibbits, M.D., Deputy Chief Information, Office of Enterprise Development, Office of Information and Technology, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Scott Cragg, Executive Director and Program Manager, Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record Program, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Douglas E. Rosendale, DO, FACOS, Enterprise System Manager for Joint Interoperability Ventures, Offfice of Health Information, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Ross D. Fletcher, M.D., Chief of Staff, Washington, DC, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs



• Panel 3

• Submissions for the Record 

• The Honorable Cliff Stearns, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida