Tuesday, November 26, 2024

MHS: MHS GENESIS Now Deployed at 66 of 138 Military Hospital and Clinic Commands

“‘MHS GENESIS is now live!’ proclaimed Navy Captain Reg Ewing, commander of the Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, on Saturday, March 19.”

“And with that 14 new military hospital and clinic commands across Waves BRAGG and HOOD deployed MHS GENESIS, the new federal electronic health record.”

“MHS GENESIS replaces several Department of Defense legacy health care systems supporting the availability of electronic health records at 66 military hospital and clinic commands across the United States.”

“The latest waves added hospitals and clinics at Ft. Bragg, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Second Dental Battalion, Ft. Hood, Ft. Sill, Ft. Polk, Barksdale AB, Little Rock AFB, Tinker AFB, Altus AFB, Vance AFB, and Naval Air Station Belle Chase.”

“This new electronic health record will integrate beneficiary data to healthcare teams across the DOD, Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Homeland Security’ U.S. Coast Guard, as all are using the same system…”

“Army Lt. Col. Daniel Cash, deputy commander for clinical services at BJACH, explained how rebuilding patient records is the biggest challenge in the deployment of MHS GENESIS…” Read the full article here.

Source: MHS GENESIS Now Deployed at 66 of 138 Military Hospital and Clinic Commands – By Mark Oswell, April 8, 2022. Military Health System.

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Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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