The Defense Health Agency has issued the draft contract strategy for its planned deployment of the Military Health Systems, or MHS, Genesis electronic health record, also known as EHR, platform.
The modernization of federal EHR services is one of the main topics that government and industry experts will discuss at the Potomac Officers Club’s 2025 Healthcare Summit on Feb. 12. DHA leaders Jesus Caban and Rear Adm. Tracy Farrill will participate in panel discussions on cloud, artificial intelligence and observability in health services. Do not miss your chance to gather insights directly from top healthcare decision makers. Get your tickets today.
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What Does DHA Want to Know?
The draft Health Care Delivery Solutions Electronic Health Record Follow-On, published on SAM.gov on Dec. 22, outlines a proposed structure separating program management office, product and service support.
Program management office support covers technical integration, design reviews, capability delivery roadmap maintenance, enterprise architecture and cybersecurity.
Meanwhile, product support focuses on management of software access and licensing, maintenance and updates, security and compliance, and infrastructure and platform services.
Services support includes end user experience, help desk and deployment.
The agency specifically is asking for industry feedback on help desk performance, training needs, testing responsibilities and data analytics roles. The agency also wants to know if the cloud transition can be completed in 2027 if contracts are awarded in or around July 2027.
Responses are due Jan. 9.
The draft contract strategy was developed using feedback from a previously issued request for information and an industry day held on Nov. 5.
What Is MHS GENESIS?
MHS GENESIS serves as the single health record for service members, veterans and their loved ones. It is the Military Health System’s modernized EHR, providing access to health information and allowing users to exchange messages with their care team or request prescription refills.
The platform integrates commercial off-the-shelf EHR components from Oracle Health, Henry Schein, Converge, Artera and other providers.
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