“After a rocky—and ultimately truncated—initial operating test of the Defense Department’s new electronic health records system, the department is getting ready for a second round in September. With key lessons learned from the first rollout, officials say this time will be different…”
“The department released the first live version of the MHS GENESIS system at three military hospitals—Fairchild Air Force Base, Naval Hospital Bremerton and Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor—beginning in February 2017. By January 2018, the rollout was going so poorly the agency considered scrapping plans for a fourth site, Madigan Army Medical Center. DHA officials confirmed to Nextgov that the site had made the transition to the MHS GENESIS platform.”
“Doctors using the new system reported struggling with an awkward user interface and insufficient bandwidth, causing problematic latency issues.”
“As DHA officials ready for the next wave to roll out on Sept. 7, they’ve taken these lessons learned to heart…” Read the full article here.
Source: DOD’s Next Electronic Health System Rollout Will Be Different, Officials Say – By Aaron Boyd, July 31, 2019. Nextgov.
