The U.S. government is about to embark on a major IT program dealing with personal health records. The program is being launched by the Defense Deparment, which issued an RFP to health IT providers late last month. The initiative, known as the “Defense Health Care Management Systems Modernization program,” or DHMSM, is expected to support medical readiness for DoD’s military personnel and support the department’s current population of more than 9.6 million beneficiaries and more than 153,000 Military Health System personnel.
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DoD and Tech Firms Face Daunting Health-IT Challenge
Posted by: John K. Higgins September 22, 2014 05:00 AMThe U.S. government is about to embark on a major IT program dealing with personal health records. The program is being launched by the Defense Deparment, which issued an RFP to health IT providers late last month. The initiative, known as the “Defense Health Care Management Systems Modernization program,” or DHMSM, is expected to support medical readiness for DoD’s military personnel and support the department’s current population of more than 9.6 million beneficiaries and more than 153,000 Military Health System personnel.