“The Indian Health Service intends to replace its legacy electronic health record system with a modern EHR that will take seven to 10 years to implement and will cost American taxpayers billions of dollars.”
“That’s the estimate that Rear Adm. Michael Weahkee, IHS principal deputy director, provided on Wednesday to a Senate appropriations subcommittee…”
“IHS, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, currently uses the Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS)—which was developed in close partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs—to manage its clinical, financial and administrative information.”
” However, Weahkee’s testimony on Wednesday confirmed that IHS intends to outright replace RPMS with a new EHR…” Read the full article.
Source: New Indian Health Service EHR to cost billions of dollars – By Greg Slabodkin, May 2, 2019. HealthData Management.
