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DoD launches new electronic health record

The Defense Department started deployment of its new electronic health record — a major milestone last week in the $4.3 billion program known as MHS Genesis.

Federal News Network Staff

March 2, 2017 3:07 pm

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The Defense Department started deployment of its new electronic health record — a major milestone last week in the $4.3 billion program known as MHS Genesis. The first site is a small clinic at Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington state. But officials say they learned big lessons they’ll carry forward as they install the system at hundreds of other military treatment facilities around the world. That’ll be a five-year effort. Stacey Cummings, DoD program executive officer for Defense Health Management Systems, talked with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu about the long road ahead, and the sense of relief at having pulled off the first successful deployment.

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