“DoD officials spent three years planning the replacement, and when the last of the four test sites went live in October at the Madigan Army Medical Center…Officials have been relatively quiet on the project, outside of a few media calls in the fall that hailed current progress. But recent reports have said the silence is due to a pause while the agency handles the mass amount of user complaints…”
“…However, this lull period is no pause, nor was the assessment unplanned. In response to whether he could confirm recent reports the project was “paused,” DoD Defense Healthcare Management Systems’ Communications Director David Norley said, “Deny.”
“No one has stopped using MHS Genesis,” Norley said. “We’re not slowing our efforts on MHS Genesis: We’re full steam ahead.”
“In May, the assessment period will conclude and the program will go into a critical review — the final stage explained Norley. Leadership at all four sites will get together to approve the pieces of the system that are functioning — and those that aren’t…”
Source: DoD official: MHS Genesis project ‘full-steam ahead,’ in planned assessment period – By Jessica Davis, January 17, 2018. Healthcare IT News. Read the full article here.
