DoD updates plan for $11B electronic health record system
The Defense Department is inching closer to the release of a final solicitation for its long-awaited electronic health record solution that could turn into an $11 billion opportunity.
The Department of Defense is one step closer to making its final pitch to industry for a modernized electronic health record system that likely will carry a price tag of $11 billion, according to a report from FCW.com.
The third draft of the DoD Healthcare Management System Modernization (DHMSM) solicitation was released June 12, and "promises to substantially reflect our final requirement," according to a covering letter from program manager Capt. John Windom.
After an effort to build a joint DoD-Veterans Affairs Department health record system fell apart last year, the Defense Department decided go build its own system.
The Pentagon’s integrated electronic health record system will track the medical and dental care of active duty military personnel and their dependents – a population of about 9.8 million dispersed across the globe, FCW report.
The system is designed to be interoperable with the VA EHR system, and compatible with leading private-sector systems. The price tag for the project is estimated at about $11 billion. The first draft RFP was released in January, the second in March.
Since the second draft, DOD dropped ther requirement to include a system to track the care of working military animals.
DOD also indicated that there is no special requirement for an IT development methodology, such as agile, and that the contract is performance-based, driven by outcomes not inputs.
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