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DoD Awards Contract To Improve Theater EHR AHLTA
The Department of Defense (DOD) is investing significantly in enhancements to its Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application-Theater (AHLTA -T), according to BusinessWire. Read More »
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DoD Chooses Interoperability Over Integration For New E-Health Record System
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 »
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DOD Isn’t Ready To Let Go Of Legacy EHR Just Yet
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 »
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DOD Partners To Combat Brain Injury
Experts from the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs gathered Aug. 14 at the Military Health System Research Symposium to discuss the future of research on mental health and traumatic brain injury. Read More »
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DOD Seeks Value, Quality In Modernizing Health Records System
The Defense Department's senior official leading the competitive acquisition to modernize its health care management system has said he’s committed to ensuring the best value for taxpayer dollars while safeguarding quality of care. Read More »
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DoD Sets Sights On Vendor-Neutral Image Archive
The Department of Defense (DoD) has taken another step toward its transition to the joint integrated EHR (iEHR) that it is developing in partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to an announcement by Acuo Technologies, Dell, and BRIT Systems. Read More »
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DoD Takes New EHR Direction, But It Still Isn’t The Right One
At a brief press conference on Wednesday, journalists watched in slightly bemused fascination as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisitions, Technology, and Logistics Frank Kendall attempted to explain the Department of Defense’s new direction in its ongoing efforts to modernize its electronic health record system while improving interoperability with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). [...] Read More »
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DOD To Develop Online Health Assessment App For Members
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 »
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DOD, VA Announce Joint Health Record Milestone
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments announced a milestone in their effort to combine their health records in what will become the world’s largest electronic system by 2017, the secretaries of both departments announced here today.
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DOD, VA Collaborate To Serve Nation’s Veterans
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs reaffirmed their commitment to serve and care for the nation’s military veterans in a joint message issued by Acting Undersecretary of Defense Jessica L. Wright and Undersecretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits Allison A. Hickey. Read More »
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DOD, VA Collaborate To Serve Nation’s Veterans
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs reaffirmed their commitment to serve and care for the nation’s military veterans in a joint message issued by Acting Undersecretary of Defense Jessica L. Wright and Undersecretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits Allison A. Hickey. Read More »
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DoD, VA Pick A Vendor For Integrated EHR Project
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 »
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DoD, VA Reiterate Commitment To iEHR -- Again
After a morning of Congressional tongue-lashings Wednesday during a House hearing on iEHR, the Veterans Affairs and Defense Departments publicly issued a statement reasserting that they are jointly committed to working toward an iEHR endpoint similar to the project’s original goal. Read More »
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DOD, VA Shift Medical Record Strategy
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments , after several years of working toward a single, integrated electronic health record program, are changing their approach in the short term, the secretaries of both agencies said in a joint press conference Feb. 5. Read More »
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DoD, VA's Health IT Efforts Grow Out Of Leadership, Necessity
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are preparing to release a new request for proposals under their integrated electronic health records (iEHR) initiative, a move that will represent the latest sign of renewed progress in a complex effort to marry both departments' health IT systems. Read More »
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