“The rollout of a commercial electronic health record system to military sites worldwide is being paused to let the Defense Department respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bill Tinston, who heads the group leading the integration of the MHS Genesis system across the Military Health System, informed congressional leadership of the suspension in a March 26 email.”
“Defense Healthcare Management Systems is taking the step because of the burden training and other go-live activities would place on caregivers focused on responding to the novel coronavirus. DHMS will continue its support for the eight sites where MHS Genesis, a version of Cerner’s health record system, is currently deployed, and will also look to improve its own deployment strategies…”
“Roger Baker, former CIO of the Department of Veterans Affairs, said that development work — such as coding interfaces or data conversion — can still continue full throttle…”
“Tinston told lawmakers that DHMS is looking to support clinical response to COVID-19 through the use of a new “common operating picture” capability in the Medical Situational Awareness in the Theater (MSAT) application…” Read the full article here.
Source: MHS Genesis deployment suspended amid COVID-19 pandemic – By Adam Mazmanian, March 31, 2020. FCW.
