James Ellzy, hand-selected in 2010 to be the first Navy family physician assigned to Fort Belvoir Community Hospital and who served as the Navy Medicine functional lead for the $4.3 billion dollar electronic health record (EHR) acquisition, has taken on a new role in which he will advise and assist Defense Health Agency leadership on all matters pertaining to the Department of Defense’s new electronic health record (MHS GENESIS) as it applies to clinical policy and procedures. These duties include collaborating with the Veterans Health Administration.
Prior roles include:
- Family Medicine Residency Teaching Faculty – US Navy
- Chief Medical Informatics Officer – US Navy
- Director of Clinical Quality for Military Health System – US Navy