The Defense Healthcare Management System Program Executive Office (DHMS) has been deploying the Military Health System’s new electronic health record, MHS GENESIS. DHMS Acting Program Executive Officer Holly Joers discusses in this episode updates to the deployment, including the inclusion of the U.S. Coast Guard to the EHR, as well as how the Joint Health Information Exchange and more recent CommonWell Health Alliance partnerships are creating greater patient information interoperability between the agencies and their provider partners.
HealthCast
Season 2
Episode 2
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How the DOD’s New EHR is Transforming Military Health
The effort incorporates various successes in tech interoperability and partnerships.
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Holly Joers Acting PEO DHMS
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