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The Defense Health Agency is requesting offers for an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for Defense Healthcare Management Systems' global deployments related to its electronic health records system, MHS GENESIS, and other operational systems, including medical devices.
WHY IT MATTERS
Commercial services and materials are needed to support site preparation, technical integrations, training, user adoption, change management and post-installation support "to ensure seamless integration and minimal disruption to existing healthcare systems," the agency said in the April 6 solicitation.
The agency is offering a one-year contract with the potential for additional one-year options expected to total $300 million, according to GovConWire.
Proposals are due by April 15.
THE LARGER TREND
The EHR platform is intended to provide seamless care, whether patients receive it from the Department of Defense, through the Department of Veterans Affairs or by the U.S. Coast Guard.
While the Coast Guard went live with MHS Genesis, an Oracle Health EHR, nearly five years ago, the DoD reached full deployment across more than 3,890 locations worldwide two years ago.
The system was also deployed to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Healthcare Center in Chicago, which was considered a key milestone for DoD-VA connectivity at the time.
The VA's EHR rollout has been beleaguered by glitches for years and scrutinized for technical failures and ongoing problems where it is used. However, the department said it will roll out the system to multiple medical centers this year.
ON THE RECORD
"The contractor shall ensure that all required medical devices can securely and reliably connect to and interoperate with the newly deployed product," DHA said in the solicitation performance work statement. "The desired outcome is a fully validated, integrated environment where data flows accurately and securely between medical devices and the central system, ensuring patient safety and quality of care."
Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.
Email: afox@himss.org
Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.
