Interesting comments from the Department of Defense, who had a large booth at the HIMMS conference this year. Just from my own point of view, I visited the booth and fielded many specific questions and that is exactly what they were looking for, more than just a "sales" presentation and information specific relative to their IT needs and requirements...BD
ORLANDO, Fla. — A painfully slow contracting process is hampering progress on military health information technology, and the system warrants closer oversight by the Defense Department, said Dr. Ward Casscells, DOD’s assistant secretary of health affairs.
In remarks at the Health Information Management Systems Society's annual meeting here this week, Casscells said he wants the Government Accountability Office and DOD’s inspector general to keep a close watch on delays in the fulfillment of health IT contracts. “Once contracts are let, they are not always carefully managed,” he said. Casscells also challenged health IT vendors to devote the same enthusiasm for producing systems that they give to winning contracts. “Don’t send us your varsity sales team, then your JV implementation team,” he said. “Our service members deserve better than that.”Tibbits said military health IT planners are working on the second phase of a study to evaluate alternatives for a joint VA/DOD inpatient electronic health record. The study should be completed in six months, he said.
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