Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA)

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DoD Chooses Interoperability Over Integration For New E-Health Record System

Jared Serbu | Federal News Radio | May 23, 2013

The Defense Department still is a long way from picking a successor to its aging electronic health record system. But the Pentagon said Wednesday that whatever it settles on, it's committed to open data standards, and proprietary solutions are off limits. Read More »

DOD Decides To Keep Legacy EHR Until At Least 2018

Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | January 3, 2014

The Department of Defense is officially sticking with its tried-and-true AHLTA electronic health records system for at least the next four or five years according to a recently released procurement document. [...] Read More »

DoD EHR 'Substantially' Defined In Latest Draft RFP

Molly Bernhart Walker | Fierce Government IT | June 18, 2014

After several draft versions, a request for proposal for the Defense Department's highly-anticipated electronic health record is taking shape...

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DOD Gets Feedback From Industry On Planned EHR System

Greg Slabodkin | Health Data Management | April 25, 2014

The Department of Defense is getting help from industry in scoping out the minimum infrastructure specifications required to support deployment of an enterprise-wide electronic health record system. Among the technology areas that DOD is trying to get a handle on are hosting, network, device, and site characteristics information for its new EHR system.

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DoD gives glimpse of imminent EHR procurement expectations

Tom Sullivan | Government Health IT | October 8, 2013

The Defense Department somewhat quietly announced that as part of its market research into an electronic health record system (EHRS) it will “host demonstrations” during the week of October 21 — and vendors have until the end of Wednesday October 9 to apply. Read More »

DoD Gives Industry Homework Around e-health Records, Intel IT Services

Jason Miller | Federal News Radio | October 9, 2013

Despite the government shutdown, the Defense Department is giving industry some homework. Read More »

DOD Isn’t Ready To Let Go Of Legacy EHR Just Yet

Jennifer Bresnick | Government Health IT | November 6, 2013

The Department of Defense may be flirting with commercial EHR vendors, but they’re not ready to commit to an off-the-shelf product just yet.  In a request for information released this week, the Defense Health Agency indicated that it is looking for support of its Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA) through 2018 [...]. Read More »

DoD Official Says VistA has an Outside Shot to Replace AHLTA

Anne Zieger | Hospital EMR & EHR | June 20, 2013

While it appears to be an outside shot, it’s possible that the Department of Defense might still consider a derivative of the VistA EMR for its VA EMR integration project, though a straight ahead VistA implementation sounds like it may be out of the question. Read More »

DoD Request for Information and Vendor Demos of EHR Systems

It's interesting that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Military Health System decided to announce a request for information and demonstrations of electronic health record (EHR) systems to replace its legacy EHR systems during the government shutdown. The notice about the request for information and vendor demos for a potential replacement of their CHCS/AHLTA systems were quietly posted just a week ago in FedBizOps.Gov and closes today - October 9, 2013. Read More »

DoD Takes Next Step In Modernizing Electronic Health Records

Jim Garamone | The Dolphin | August 28, 2014

The Defense Department has issued a request for proposals to modernize its electronic health records and allow DoD to share health data with the private sector and the Department of Veterans Affairs.  It is a multi-billion dollar request to replace many of the current DoD legacy health care systems...

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DOD To Develop Online Health Assessment App For Members

Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | November 14, 2012

The Defense Department wants to develop a dynamic health and wellness assessment application that is accessible online to all service members to encourage behaviors that help them stay healthy, avoid chronic conditions, and result in lowering care costs. Read More »

DoD's "Naming Switcheroo" for its Health IT Systems

I may be way off base, but it seems to me that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is a master of the "Naming Switcheroo" when it comes to requesting funding for programs that may have run into trouble and used up most of their Congressionally approved funds. Read More »

DoD, VA Pick A Vendor For Integrated EHR Project

Jennifer Bresnick | EHR Intelligence | October 21, 2013

The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are once again trying to get their integrated EHR (iEHR) project off the ground.  Last week, the departments announced that Systems Made Simple, Inc. (SMS) has been a re-compete contract to tackle the convoluted quest to increase interoperability between the two vast legacy systems. Read More »

DoD, VA Reassure Congress Of Continued Growth Of Health Data Sharing

Jason Miller | Federal News Radio | July 11, 2013

Defense and Veterans Affairs department officials are reassuring House lawmakers that just because they are developing separate electronic health systems, it doesn't mean the two departments aren't sharing electronic health records today and will share even more in the future. Read More »

DoD, VA Spent Bulk Of 2012 iEHR Budget On Support Contracts

Staff Writer | Hospital EMR & EHR | November 27, 2013

The VA and DoD’s iEHR project may or may not come together, but it seems clear that at least one party is getting ahead — the vendors the agencies retained to support the project. Read More »