EDS, an HP company, has signed an $8.1m, 12-month add-on contract with the US Department of Defense (DoD) Military Health System to make technical enhancements to several Defense Health Information Management Systems (DHIMS). The contract extends the 16-year relationship between EDS and the Military Health System’s DHIMS, the family of systems that manages and maintains the military’s electronic health record.
The work is expected to improve the quality and delivery of healthcare for recovering US service members under the DoD Wounded Warrior care initiative.
EDS said that it will provide applications development to the Disability Evaluation System and the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application, the military’s electronic health record. Technical enhancements to DHIMS applications are expected to improve the management of the military’s electronic health records, increase collaboration across service lines, and facilitate user workflow between various caregivers and case managers.
According to EDS, enhancements to Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application will improve information sharing between the DoD and the US Department of Veterans Affairs. They also will enable clinical case managers to have better access to data about beneficiaries’ conditions, prescriptions, diagnostic tests and additional information essential to improving care quality.
Enhancements to the Disability Evaluation System will help maximise medical assessment efficiencies and streamline the evaluation process for disability treatment and case management of injured or ill US soldiers, the company added.
Dennis Stolkey, senior vice president of US Public Sector at EDS, an HP company, said: Enhancing the accessibility of deployed service members’ medical data is critical for ensuring healthcare providers have instant access to their patients’ most vital medical records. EDS takes great pride in providing the Defense Department’s Military Health System with state-of-the-art health services for US soldiers and their families.
The Military Health System is a health maintenance organisation in the world, composed of a team of healthcare providers, medical educators and medical researchers serving at health facilities and in the field worldwide.
