After launching with much fanfare in 2009, the interagency program office charged with developing an integrated electronic health record for the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments all but sputtered to a halt in September, Nextgov has learned.
The development followed a decision by Defense and VA in February to independently develop their own EHRs, due to the high cost of the joint system, pegged at $ 28 billion by Frank Kendall, Defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics.
Neither Defense nor VA formally announced the shutdown of the interagency program office. A hint of its demise can be found in an industry briefing that said Christopher Miller had assumed the role of acting director of the office, in addition to his role as program executive officer of the new Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization, charged with developing the Defense EHR. Read more...
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