“Chairman Visclosky, Ranking Member Calvert, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. I am honored to represent the Department of Defense (DoD) as the former program executive officer responsible for modernizing the military’s electronic health record (EHR) system and enhancing interoperability and data sharing with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and private sector providers…”
“Pilot Sites
We employ industry standards to optimize the delivery of MHS GENESIS. Rollout across the MHS follows a “wave” model. Pilot sites in the Pacific Northwest were the first wave of military treatment facilities (MTFs) to receive MHS GENESIS, which began February 2017 at Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB) just 19 months after contract award, and officially concluded in January 2018 at Madigan Army Medical Center (MAMC). The DoD’s deployment to four pilot sites spanned a cross section of size and complexity. The lessons learned from the DoD pilot sites will make worldwide deployment of MHS GENESIS to the DoD, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the VA successful. As of today, those four pilot sites continue to use MHS GENESIS to safely deliver, manage, and document healthcare – completing over 100,000 patient encounters each month…”
“Expanding Federal Partnerships
Last year, the USCG joined the DoD’s EHR implementation and the VA entered into a contract to implement the same EHR as the DoD. The result of these decisions will be a single, integrated EHR for all service members, veterans, and their families. The deployment of a single integrated EHR for the DoD, VA, and the USCG will enable more efficient, highly reliable, safe, and quality care. This solution will focus on clinical services, interfaces, and a shared infrastructure to enable shared workflows, user roles, order sets, training, and cybersecurity standards. The health and safety of our most important asset—our people—is our highest priority…”
“LESSONS LEARNED
Change Management Leadership from the DoD is heavily engaged and invested in the success of MHS GENESIS, and we continually take lessons learned from training, adoption of workflows, and change management activities…”
