Information technology : opportunities exist to improve management of DOD's electronic health record initiative : report to the Ranking Member, Committee on the Budget, U.S. Senate.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Budget

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Management--Evaluation.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

Medicine, Military--United States--Information services--Management.

Medicine, Military.

Medical informatics--United States.

Medical informatics.

Information storage and retrieval systems--Medical care.

Information storage and retrieval systems.

Soldiers--Medical care--United States--Data processing.

Soldiers.

Medical records--United States.

Medical records.

Management--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 38 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Opportunities exist to improve management of DOD's electronic health record initiative

DOD's electronic health record

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2010]

Summary:

The Department of Defense (DOD) provides medical care to 9.6 million active duty service members, their families, and other eligible beneficiaries worldwide. DOD's Military Health System has long been engaged in efforts to acquire and deploy an electronic health record system. The latest version of this initiative, the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA), was expected to give health care providers real-time access to individual and military population health information and facilitate clinical support. However, the system's early performance was problematic, and DOD recently stated that it intended to acquire a new electronic health record system. GAO was asked to (1) determine the status of AHLTA, (2) determine DOD's plans for acquiring its new system, and (3) evaluate DOD's acquisition management of the initiative. To do this, GAO reviewed program plans, reports, and other documentation and interviewed DOD officials. GAO is recommending that DOD take six actions to help ensure that it has disciplined and effective processes in place to manage the acquisition of further electronic health record system capabilities. In written comments on a draft of this report, DOD concurred with GAO's recommendations and described actions planned to address them.

Notes:

Title from cover screen (GAO, viewed Oct. 21, 2010).

"October 2010."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-11-50."

OCLC:

671303790