Instead of coopting opensource innovators and modernizing a proven EHR system. ( VISTA) DOD chose to believe private sector can do better because it is "innovative"
they have awarded the biggest contract worth about 10 Billion dollars.to cerner,accenture leidos.
Being able to select a commercial-off-the-shelf software package and customize it as little as possible for a project this massive is the reason that DoD has given all along for not opting to use the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' proprietary and open source VistA EHR.
"congressional authorizers and appropriators ought to be asking the Pentagon whether it really understands what it is buying.
Military Health System CIO David Bowen
DoD Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Jonathan Woodson, MD.
3 names to watch who is goi9ng to work as a consultant to cerner in future ;-)
they have awarded the biggest contract worth about 10 Billion dollars.to cerner,accenture leidos.
Being able to select a commercial-off-the-shelf software package and customize it as little as possible for a project this massive is the reason that DoD has given all along for not opting to use the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' proprietary and open source VistA EHR.
"congressional authorizers and appropriators ought to be asking the Pentagon whether it really understands what it is buying.
Military Health System CIO David Bowen
DoD Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Jonathan Woodson, MD.
3 names to watch who is goi9ng to work as a consultant to cerner in future ;-)
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