Army EMR to get an upgrade

Laura Pedulli | | Health Exec | EMR/EHR

The Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4)—the Army’s EMR system—soon will undertake a “major upgrade,” according to an Aug. 27 article in the MC4 public affairs publication, The Gateway.

The next iteration of the MC4 software suite, known as EMR 2.2.0.0, will include an operating system upgrade from Windows XP to Windows 7 and in conjunction with the new EMR, significant enhancements for medical logistics. The new EMR also will replace its medical reference application and include a graphical user interface that includes an order entry system.

MC4 customers will receive the new suite during system fielding scheduled from November 2013 through April 2014, according to the article.

"I'm very pleased with improvements to the EMR system that MC4 and D&RS staff have coordinated on behalf of the soldier," MC4 Product Manager LTC Danny J. Morton said. "These changes demonstrate the program's focus on advancing technology and will ease a provider's ability to document care, enhance continuity of care for soldiers from the battlefield back home and improve security of MC4 systems that contain vital medical logistics information and patient data."

Laura Pedulli

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