Carolinas has been a leader in collecting patient information across the system, said Craig Richardville, senior vice president and chief information officer.

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Dr. Bart Harmon is chief medical officer for Harris Healthcare Solutions and former chief medical information officer for the Military Health System of the U.S. Department of Defense.

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The arresting officer enters all the relevant information into the system.

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Beforehand, border agents would only verify a student's status in a database, the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, when the person was referred to a second officer for additional inspection or questioning.

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