Cerner EHR implementation at Department of Defense may have been pushed back
The rollout of the U.S. military’s new Cerner-based electronic health records (EHRs) system, MHS Genesis, may be months behind schedule, according to POLITICO.
Its eHealth reporter, Arthur Allen, reported implementation is on schedule for three of the four military facilities in the Pacific Northwest that represent the rollout’s first phase. The fourth—Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington—is the most complex and is now set to have MHS Genesis up and running in October and November.
That’s about two months later than the original timeline when the first facility went live with the new system in February. A slow rollout could affect future federal decisions on EHRs, as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is likely to join the Department of Defense in going to a commercial product, with Cerner being the likeliest choice of vendor.
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