On DoD: Chris Miller, Defense Healthcare Management Systems

The Defense Department is certifying to Congress that the patient data in its existing electronic health record is interoperable with the Department of Veteran...

The Defense Department is certifying to Congress that the patient data in its existing electronic health record is interoperable with the Department of Veterans Affairs and with some private sector medical providers. But the assurance did little to assuage lawmakers who believe that the two departments should have found a way to use a single, shared health IT system.

In this week’s edition of On DoD, Chris Miller, the department’s program executive officer for healthcare management systems tells Jared Serbu about the certification, why Congress should be encouraged by it, and the future of Defense health record modernization.

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