“The health IT infrastructure needs to be fully mapped and tested to ensure it can support the new electronic health record (EHR) system the Department of Defense (DoD) is implementing, testified Jon Scholl, president of Leidos Health Group.”
“Leidos is the contractor overseeing the DoD’s $5.5 billion EHR modernization known as MHS GENESIS, which is based on the Cerner platform.”
“’The underlying IT backbone – the networks, the computers, the printers, the medical devices – must be mapped and tested to support the new system. The implementation at our initial pilot sites identified the critical importance of validating and revalidating that the necessary infrastructure is in fact ready,’ Scholl told the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s technology modernization subcommittee at a June 4 hearing.”
“Scholl said that this was one of the lessons learned during the pilot implementation of the MHS GENESIS system in the Pacific Northwest.”
“Other lessons learned during the pilot involved training and personnel.” Read the full article here.
Source: DoD EHR Update Requires Mapping, Testing of Health IT Infrastructure – Fred Donovan, June 7, 2019. HIT Infrastructure.
