“The Defense Department Military Health System Genesis electronic health records (EHR) system went live last October at Madigan Army Medical Center (Wash.), the biggest step so far in modernizing DOD’s vast MHS with a proven commercial solution. Now comes the hard part: Tying that system in with operational medicine for deployed troops around the globe…”
“The Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems (JOMIS) program office oversees DOD’s operational medicine initiatives, including the legacy Theater Medical Information Program – Joint system used in today’s operational theaters of Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as aboard ships and in other remote locales…”
“JOMIS’ ultimate goal according to Stacy A. Cummings, who heads PEO DHMS, is to provide a virtually seamless representation of MHS Genesis deployed locations…”
“Operating on the tactical edge – whether doing command and control or sharing medical data – is probably the hardest problem to solve…” Read the full article here.
Source: JOMIS Will Take E-Health Records to the Frontlines – By Tobias Naegele, April 11, 2018. Gov Tech Works by GDIT.
