DoD soliciting EHR vendors
The U.S. Department of Defense is in the market for a new EHR system, publishing a solicitation inviting vendors to demonstrate their products.
The solicitation, published Oct. 1, specifies that DoD is interested in "off the shelf" enterprise EHRs, including VistA solutions to replace its legacy systems. Enterprise EHRs are defined as "those product[s] or system[s] which provide a patient-centric, point-of-care system for use by clinicians and clinical staff throughout a patient's lifetime healthcare experience."
The solicitation also says DoD is "interested in learning about product[s] that address all patient needs and include EHRS management, patient care plan, decision support, order management, medication, workflow and documentation management which are positioned to support clinicians in all care environments to include outpatient, inpatient, emergency, intensive, specialty [e.g. OB/GYN, pediatrics, surgical and medicine specialties and subspecialties] and disconnected or remote care."
The solicitation can be viewed here.
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