“The U.S. Department of State issued a request for information (RFI) for a new electronic health record (EHR) system on FedBizOpps.gov last week.”
“In the RFI, the State Department says it is considering a new EHR system to serve its Bureau of Medical Services (MED), which manages a worldwide healthcare program providing medical services for State Department and other U.S. government employees and their families serving abroad at U.S. diplomatic missions…”
“The State Department’s need for a new EHR system is tied to the U.S. Coast Guard’s failed effort to procure and implement a new Epic EHR system after it terminated its contract with Epic in 2015 at a cost of about $60 million. Three years ago, the Coast Guard discontinued an Integrated Health Information System (IHiS) implementation project…”
“According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, at the same time that the IHiS project was being planned and designed, the Department of State also was planning to develop an EHR system. In order to reduce the overall cost to both parties, the Department of State signed an interagency agreement with the Coast Guard to utilize the IHiS for that department’s personnel. When the EHR couldn’t be implemented, State withdrew from the partnership…”
“The scope of the market research, according to the State Department, includes…” Read the full article here.
Source: State Department Issues RFI for New EHR System – By Heather Landi, April 3, 2018. Healthcare Informatics.
