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Run Date: FEB 16, 2023                     Designation: WEBS*1*1
Package : WEBS - VISTA AUDIT SOLUTION         Priority: Mandatory
Version : 1         SEQ #1                      Status: Released
                  Compliance Date: MAR 19, 2023
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Subject: Initial Release of VistA Audit Solution UI

Category: 
  - Informational

Description:
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 Informational patch WEBS*1*1 announces the release of the VistA Audit 
 Solution (VAS) web application version 1.0. The VAS application is a 
 real-time web-based interface that has dependencies on VistA patient data.
 It provides a nationwide HIPAA compliant Audit Tracking Solution with the
 ability to track and report on access logs for patient's PII/PHI data 
 across all VistA instances. VAS users are Privacy Officers and Information
 Systems Security Officers (ISSO) and their authorized representatives who 
 need the ability to view the log of Create, Read, Update and/or Delete 
 (CRUD) operations on patient information to respond to FOIA, HIPAA, 
 employee and Inspector General (IG) requests. This data originates from
 VistA and flows through in-memory database servers to be stored in the
 Veterans Affairs Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) Amazon Web Services (AWS). VAS
 web-based User Interface will access and display the data stored in AWS.
  
 VistA Audit Solution (VAS) creates and maintains a centralized database of
 the audited fields for VistA DG Registration data. The goal of VAS is to 
 improve VistA's security posture and provide better IT services for 
 Veterans. As part of the project, the VistA Audit Solution (VAS) will be 
 implemented utilizing a database storage system in the Veterans Affairs 
 Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.
  
 The VistA Audit Solution (VAS) will improve the ability of the Veterans
 Administration to respond to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) inquiries 
 regarding VistA system user's interaction with Veteran's data. This will 
 ensure that access to Veteran's data can be adequately accounted for to 
 the inquiring party.
  
 Patch WEBS*1*1 is provided as supporting documentation of the overall VAS 
 application.
  
  
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 New Service Requests (NSRs):
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 Patient Safety Issues (PSIs):
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 Defect Tracking System Ticket(s) & Overview:
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 Test Sites:
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 James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL
 John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital, Little Rock, AR
 VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System, Harlingen, TX
  
  
 Software and Documentation Retrieval Instructions:
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 VAS is a centrally managed web-based application and will be 
 deployed to production servers by the VAS Technical team. 
 No software will be installed at the facilities.
  
 Documentation describing the new functionality is included in this 
 release. Documentation can be found on the VA Software Documentation 
 Library at: https://www.domain.ext/vdl/. Documentation can also be 
 obtained at https://download.vista.domain.ext/index.html/SOFTWARE. 
  
 Documentation Title                     File Name                     
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 VAS User Guide                          VAS_1_0_UG.PDF
                                         VAS_1_0_UG.DOC
  
 VAS Release Notes                       VAS_1_0_RN.DOCX
                                         VAS_1_0_RN.PDF
  
 VAS Technical Manual                    VAS_1_0_TM.DOCX
                                         VAS_1_0_TM.PDF
  
 VAS Deployment, Installation,           VAS_1_0_DIBRG.DOCX
 Back-out and Rollback Guide             VAS_1_0_DIBRG.PDF
  
  
 Patch Installation:
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 The VAS application is a centrally managed web-based application.
 No software will be installed at the facilities.
  
 VistA patch DG*5.3*964 is associated with the release of VAS.  This 
 patch is required and supports VAS interactions with VistA. See the
 DG*5.3*964 Patch Description for more information. 

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User Information:
Entered By  :                               Date Entered  : AUG 26, 2021
Completed By:                               Date Completed: FEB 16, 2023
Released By :                               Date Released : FEB 16, 2023
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