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Nomadic nature of the military necessitates a health record just as mobile

(Left to right) Dr. Paul Cordts, the Military Health System’s functional champion in the development of MHS GENESIS, the military’s new electronic health record keeping system, Stacy Cummings, program executive officer for the Defense Healthcare Management Systems, and Army Col. Richard Wilson, a division chief in the Health Information Technology directorate at the Defense Health Agency, talk about the development and deployment of MHS GENESIS at AMSUS 2016 on Nov. 29, 2016.
(Left to right) Dr. Paul Cordts, the Military Health System’s functional champion in the development of MHS GENESIS, the military’s new electronic health record keeping system, Stacy Cummings, program executive officer for the Defense Healthcare Management Systems, and Army Col. Richard Wilson, a division chief in the Health Information Technology directorate at the Defense Health Agency, talk about the development and deployment of MHS GENESIS at AMSUS 2016 on Nov. 29, 2016.

PEople in the military and their families move around a lot, from more permanent assignments every few years to temporary assignments every few months. Packing up and moving across the country or, in some cases, across the world, is challenge enough without having to worry about whether health records are in the suitcases and handbags of those uprooting their lives. That’s why they deserve a health record that moves with them electronically.
“Those we care for [in the Military Health System] are somewhat nomads, geographically dispersed, “ said Army Brig. Gen. John Cho, the deputy chief of staff for support for the Army’s Medical Command. “But we share a common bond through combat casualty care. There are certain injuries that are unique to military medicine, and that’s the bond that makes us unique.”
Cho serves as the Army’s functional champion on development of the new electronic health record, MHS GENESIS. He was part of a conversation on how to make those records as efficient and reliable as possible at the AMSUS (The Society of Federal Health Professionals) 2016 meeting going on this week at National Harbor near Washington, D.C. Cho was joined by the functional champions from the Army and Air Force, as well as officials from the Program Executive Office Defense Healthcare Management Systems (PEO DHMS) and the Defense Health Agency (DHA). The group explored ways to make the new records system better and able to meet all the military’s goal of improving the readiness of the service members it covers.
“What we would like to have is medics who are ready to deploy and current all the time. We would also like a ready force who can go and do their job wherever they need to do that, [along with] a responsibility to beneficiaries (family members and retirees receiving health care from the MHS),” said Air Force Maj. Gen. Roosevelt Allen, director, Medical Operations and Research, and chief of the Dental Corps, with the Air Force surgeon general’s office and his service’s functional champion in the MHS GENESIS process. “Ideal health care would be of high quality, safe, readily accessible, preventive in nature, patient-centered, evidence-based, [and have] positive outcomes and a positive patient experience for our beneficiaries.”
Allen made the case that the current system of health recordkeeping is falling short in these areas, and MHS GENESIS will fix current shortcomings. Dr. Paul Cordts is the Military Health System’s functional champion in the development of the record, being tested now and rolling out starting in the Pacific Northwest in early 2017 and expected to be ready throughout the MHS in five years. He said those on this project have not been working in a vacuum. They received input from more than 850 experts in the field around the world who care for patients and will actually be using the new system.
“A very large number of subject matter experts have been working months and years on these workflows,” said Cordts. “It represents not only clinical but business and operational roles, so the full spectrum of what an electronic health record can do [is represented].”
Those speaking about MHS GENESIS said this is just part of a larger military goal of functioning as a high-reliability organization, a state where the MHS is constantly improving and, most importantly, staying focused on providing the highest quality of care to all its beneficiaries.
“It’s more than just tools. This is about culture, policy and training,” said Navy Capt. Dan Zinder, the Navy’s functional champion for the new electronic health record. “We’re getting an entire organization thinking in a high-reliability model, and that’s a big process.”
Stacy Cummings, program executive officer for PEO DHMS, said a change like this, where a large medical organization went with an off-the-shelf product and configured it for its purposes, as in the case of MHS GENESIS, is not without precedent. She said the MHS went this route to get the benefits of being one of many users who could look to its commercial provider to make continuous improvements to technology, reliability and speed as needs changed.
“While this is a large undertaking, it is achievable, and we have the ability to be successful and timely using a combination of those commercial and [Department of Defense] best practices,” said Cummings.

Collaboration is key to military health system

Article
11/25/2016
Army Brig. Gen. Ronald T. Stephens
Collaboration between the services improves access to care, removes unnecessary redundancies, reduces variation in care, and will ultimately improve patient experiences
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Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Office

Fact Sheet
11/23/2016
The mission of the DoD/VA Interagency Program Office (DoD/VA IPO) is to lead and coordinate the adoption of and contribution to national health data standards to ensure interoperability among DoD, VA, and private sector healthcare worldwide.
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DoD Healthcare Management Systems Modernization Program Office

Fact Sheet
11/23/2016
The mission of the Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) program is to competitively acquire, test, deliver, and successfully transition to a state-of-the-market electronic health record (EHR) system.
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Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems

Fact Sheet
11/23/2016
The mission of Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems (JOMIS) is to support the planning, procurement, and deployment of the new electronic health record (EHR) and follow-on theater capabilities to Department of Defense (DoD) expeditionary locations.
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MHS GENESIS Trifold Brochure

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PEO DHMS Fact Sheet

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MHS GENESIS Poster

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Poster for MHS GENESIS, the new electronic health record.
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MHS GENESIS Screensaver

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11/3/2016
Screensaver you can download and use locally to promote MHS GENESIS, the new electronic health record.
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Military researchers making progress in medical simulation

Article
10/27/2016
A soldier applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty during a training exercise. (Courtesy photo)
A recent research review highlighted several bright spots for the future of military medicine
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MHS GENESIS Brand Style Guide, Version 11.0

Publication
10/20/2016
The purpose of this style guide is to establish the MHS GENESIS brand guidelines and educate its users to observe the brand standards. Branding is a key supporting element for communication, training and deployment activities.
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Bono to AFCEA: New electronic health record is key for future of engaging military health patients

Article
10/14/2016
Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, said military members have to be ready to go anywhere in the world on short notice. To help solve the complexity of care with that readiness aspect, Bono pointed to the Military Health System’s new electronic health record, MHS GENESIS, as key to helping conversations between doctors and patients, no matter where people are. (Courtesy photo)
Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, spoke at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Health IT Day 2016, a gathering of approximately 1,000 federal government workers, including the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services, as well as private IT industry representatives.
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MHS GENESIS to launch in February 2017

Article
10/13/2016
Genesis Logo
The initial deployment of MHS GENESIS, the Military Health System’s electronic health record, will take place at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., in February 2017
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MHS GENESIS Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet
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This fact sheet describes the Department of Defense’s (DoD) electronic health record, officially named MHS GENESIS. MHS GENESIS will establish seamless medical data sharing between the DoD, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the private sector.
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Understanding the Defense Healthcare Management Systems Program Executive Office Landscape

Fact Sheet
9/20/2016
The mission of the Defense Healthcare Management Systems (DHMS) Program Executive Office (PEO) is to efficiently improve healthcare for the active duty military, veterans, and beneficiaries by modernizing the electronic health record (EHR) for the Military Health System (MHS) and establishing seamless medical data sharing between the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the private sector.
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Defense Medical Information Exchange

Fact Sheet
9/20/2016
The mission of the Defense Medical Information Exchange (DMIX) is to provide technical solutions for seamless data sharing and interoperable electronic health records (EHRs) that will evolve with national standards.
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