From Name: From Email: To Name: To Email: Optional Message: Gates, Shinseki agree to joint electronic records from American Forces Press Service Two years after they joined President Barack Obama in announcing plans to create a Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki have agreed to create a joint common platform for their departments' electronic medical records. Gates and Shinseki agreed in concept to create the joint common platform during a March 17 session, giving their staffs an early May deadline to come up with an implementation plan, VA Deputy Secretary W. Scott Gould told American Forces Press Service. more 7701 Las Colinas Blvd., Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063