Fig. 4From: Utilizing patient data from the veterans administration electronic health record to support web-based clinical decision support: informatics challenges and issues from three clinical domainsA simplified schematic diagram showing the national VHA EHR environment and the local VACHS network. The diagram illustrates how the three CDS systems fit into this overall structure, as described in the text. The arrows indicate the flow of clinical data. (Abbreviations not used in the text: WSÂ =Â Web Service; SQLÂ =Â Structured Query Language; URLÂ =Â Uniform Resource Locator; NPÂ =Â Neuropath/CDS; VACSÂ =Â VACS Index Calculator)Back to article page