Latest Improvements at IOC Sites
Patient Care:
38% Improvement in turnaround time for routine inpatient labs (60 days post-conversation to April 2018)
Clinical Efficiency:
2,300 Duplicate popular lab orders were avoided. (January- June, 2018)
Medication Safety:
90% Average in discharge medication reconciliation compliance. (November - March 2018)
Latest News
The Kansas City Star
Kansas’ Moran takes over Veterans’ Affairs Committee with focus on suicide prevention
HealthCare IT News
VA looks back on 2019, sees ‘year of improvements and continued progress’
EXECUTIVEGOV
Maj. Gen. Lee Payne: Military Health System Focuses on Quality, Security of New EHR Platform
Becker’s Health IT & CIO Report
Where the VA, Cerner EHR project stands ahead of 2020
Cerner
Training VA clinicians to maximize their new electronic health record
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (dvids)
Payne visits service members, facilities in Puget Sound
FedHealthIt
VA.gov: VA recognized for health IT innovations directly impacting Veterans
HealthDataManagement
VA personal health record, patient portal exceed 5 million users
HealthDataManagement
VA personal health record, patient portal exceed 5 million users
Health.mil
McCaffery calls for military medical strategic framework for warfighting readiness
GovernmentCIO Media &Research
VA, DOD Partnership Has Accelerated Progress on Single Health Record
EHR INTELLIGENCE
VA Assures Lawmakers of March EHR Modernization Rollout Date
Military.com
Even if All Goes Right with Overhaul, Veterans Still Face a Health Records Mess
Health Data Management
Lawmakers concerned VA’s Cerner EHR will not be ready for go-live
FierceHealthcare
(Another) roadblock identified in VA, DOD transition to Cerner EHR
Federal News Network
VA insists it’s ready for initial EHR deployment at first go-live site in March
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (dvids)
Multi Service Support for Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Multi Service Unit
Militarytimes.com
Why electronic health records modernization gives this veteran caregiver hope
Federal News Network
DoD rolls out new records systems one installation at a time, starting with Travis AFB
FedHealthIT
Cerner Podcast: William Tinston on creating a common electronic health record for Service [...]
Government Matters
Electronic Health Record Modernization in the Military
Federal Health Care News
Madigan Army Medical Center is one of the first military treatment facilities to use Clairvia, [...]
Health Data Management
VA: Dental practice software not suitable for EHR modernization
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (dvids)
DHA Leaders Visit MCRD and NMCSD
Federal Computer Week
“Can a joint DoD-VA oversight body catch up with health record deployment”?
Kansas City Business Journal
“With Cerner EHR rollout delayed, VA also will slow adoption of scheduling program”
Nextgov
“Defense Health Agency Needs Help Consolidating Military’s Health IT Systems”
Fierce Healthcare
“VA launches Cerner EHR training program based on ‘lessons learned’ from [...]
NextGov
“VA Launches VITAL Training Ahead of First Electronic Health Records Rollout”
Federal News Network
“DoD launches second wave of electronic medical health record program”
GovConWire
“Leidos Team Deploys DoD EHR System to Four More Facilities; Jonathan Scholl Quoted”
Health Data Management
“DoD’s new Cerner EHR installed at four more military medical facilities”
Health.mil
“MHS GENESIS goes live at next wave of Military Treatment Facilities”
NextGov
“The MHS GENESIS system went live at four more sites this weekend, teeing up the second major [...]
Leidos.com
Leidos Partnership for Defense Health Continues MHS GENESIS Deployment
Military Health System Communications Office
“MHS GENESIS goes live at next wave of Military Treatment Facilities”
EHRintelligence
“OIG Finds Significant Backlogs in VA Medical Record Digitization”
MilitaryTimes.com
“VA moving to deliver electronic health record modernization”
GovernmentCIO
“MHS Genesis Making Waves Beyond Initial Operating Capability”
EHRintelligence
“Cerner Launches Learning Health Network to Boost EHR Data Insights”
Military.com
“VA Claims Progress on Health Records System, But Can’t Account for Money Spent”
FEDSCOOP
“VA says it migrated 78 billion health records to new Cerner EHR”
HITInfrastructure.com
“DoD Tackles Healthcare IT Infrastructure Upgrades for MHS GENESIS”
Federal Computer Weekly
“New round of MHS Genesis go-live dates coming in September”
Military.com
“These Bases Will Be Next to Get the New DoD Electronic Health Records System”
MilitaryTimes.com
“VA, DoD tout major progress in effort to join electronic health records system”
Nextgov
“VA Migrates 23.5 Million Veteran Patient Records To Cerner Data Center”
FedHealthIT.com
DHA’s CIO: Transforming the Business of Providing Information Technology
Government CIO Media & Research
“VA Addresses Challenges, Opportunities in Health Records Transformation”
Naval Hospital Bremerton
“Naval Hospital Bremerton hosts Congressional Visit”
HITInfrastructure
“GAO: Coast Guard Wasted $60M on Unusable Health IT System”
Health Data Management
Lawmakers say DoD-VA EHR governance is evolving too slowly
Fierce Healthcare
VA $16B EHR project moving forward without key governance leadership in place
Fed Health IT
VA’s Dr. Paul Tibbits: EHRM requires Cloud, Infrastructure and Collaboration
FCW
DOD and VA’s decisionmaking body for health record modernization lacks a decider
EHR Intelligence
Nearly 70% of Providers Say EHR Technology Improves Care Quality
Fed Health IT
Leidos building out team – adds industry leader Ryan Loving as Sr. Director and Military Health [...]
HIT Infrastructure
DoD EHR Requires Mapping, Testing of Health IT Infrastructure
EHR Intelligence
VA Awards Cerner $140M Task Order for EHR Interface Support
FCW
Contractors still looking for leadership on joint health record project
HIT Infrastructure
MHS GENESIS Eases Sharing of Medical Images between DoD Facilities
Health Data Management
Cerner remains confident that VA EHR is on the right track
Health Data Management
Cerner remains confident that VA EHR is on the right track
Travis Air Force Base
DGMC to go live with new electronic health record in September
HIT Infrastructure
DoD to Roll-Out Next Phase of EHR Modernization This Fall
Health Data Management
DoD and VA still working out how to create single EHR
U.S. Army
Training Day Used to Created Shared Understanding of MHS Genesis.
Kitsap Sun
Naval Hospital Bremerton’s New Medical Records Systems Making ‘Significant [...]
FedScoop
Cerner touts early success for DOD e-health record modernization
Nextgov
Pentagon’s Health Record Platform Shows Progress After Initial Setbacks
ExecutiveBiz
Cerner Provides Updates on DoD EHR System Deployment; Leidos’ Jerry Hogge Quoted
Healthcare Informatics
Cerner Exec on DoD Implementations: “We’re Seeing Measurable Progress”
Federal Times
‘Encouraging progress’ found in DoD’s electronic health record system
EHR Intelligence
DoD Leveraging MHS GENESIS EHR System to Reduce Duplicate Testing
Health Data Management
ONC Finds Most Hospitals Plan to Use Upgraded EHR Tech in 2019
Health Data Management
Boston Medical Center Trims Unneeded Tests with EHR-based Prompts
FedScoop
VA, DOD leaders commit to ‘seamlessly integrated electronic health record’
Federal Times
DoD rolls out new GENESIS sites, with hopes of fewer complaints about electronic medical [...]
Washington Business Journal
Leidos part of team bringing electronic health records to VA
Leidos Newsroom
Leidos Joins Cerner, Technology And System Integration Leaders To Modernize Veterans’ [...]
Cerner Newsroom
Technology Innovators, Experienced Systems Integrators Join Cerner in Mission to Modernize [...]
Earning Your Stripes: Dennis Nihiser Leads the Way
Dennis E. Nihiser Senior Program Manager Leidos Partnership for Defense Health Dennis Nihiser [...]
FedScoop
DoD’s GENESIS project closes the gap to achieving a single electronic health record
Health Data Management
DoD-VA EHR interoperability needs a single point of accountability
Leidos Newsroom
Leidos Recognized for Government Innovation Awards Including 2018 Industry Innovator
Leidos Newsroom
Leidos Health Named Top IT Consultant by Black Book Survey
Leidos Newsroom
Leidos Named to Forbes Inaugural List of America’s Best Employers for Women
DoD News
DHA Director Discusses ‘Forward Momentum’ for New Health Record System
Leidos Newsroom
Leidos Named a 2018 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Tech Leader
Leidos Newsroom
Leidos Achieves Top 10 Ranking on 2018 Healthcare Informatics Top 100 List
Accenture Newsroom
FedHealthIT, Interview with Jim Traficant; Supporting VA and DoD Leading the Positive [...]
Accenture Newsroom
Healthcare IT News, Interview with Dr. Kip Webb, Next-gen EHRs: What the future holds for [...]
Accenture Newsroom
Harvard Business Review, 10 Promising AI Applications in Health Care
Accenture Newsroom
Healthcare Dive, Interview with Brian Kalis, New Data Sources Pose Ethical Conundrum for AI
EHR Intelligence
DoD Providers Prefer MHS GENESIS EHR System Over Legacy System
Healthcare IT News
Coast Guard reveals how it will adopt DoD’s $4.3 billion Cerner EHR
Henry Schein Newsroom
Henry Schein Receives 2018 William J. Gies Award for Providing Free Oral Health Care to Nearly [...]
Accenture Newsroom
Modern Healthcare, Interview with Brian Kalis, M&A drives health systems’ EHR consolidation
Accenture Newsroom
Harvard Business Review, byline by Dr. Kaveh Safavi, Virtual Health Care Could Save U.S. [...]
Leidos Newsroom
Leidos Awarded Department of Veterans Affairs IT Modernization Task Order
Accenture Newsroom
MedCity News, byline by Gerry Meklaus, How to Transform Clinical Performance for Success
Federal Times
Leidos, DoD officials: User feedback ‘taken out of context’ in EHR rollout
Accenture Newsroom
FedHealthIt, byline by Dr. Ron Moody, Rethinking Veterans Access to Healthcare
Cerner
Creating a Better Experience for the Entire Military Health System
Creating a Better Experience for the Entire Military Health System
It has been a little over one year since MHS GENESIS, the U.S. Department of Defense’s new [...]
Accenture Newsroom
Mobihealth News, byline by Emily Mercer, Patient-generated Health Data can be Used to Improve [...]
Henry Schein Newsroom
Henry Schein, Inc. Named one of the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute
Washington Post
Keeping track of medical records is key to protecting your health
Leidos Newsroom
Ethisphere Institute Names Leidos One of 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies®
EHR Intelligence
DoD MHS Genesis EHR Implementation Proceeding on Schedule
EHR Intelligence
Top 50 Most Popular Hospital Inpatient EHR Systems in US
Washington Exec
Accenture’s Lisa Mitnick on the Link Between the Internet of Things and Mobile Health
Cerner Newsroom
Pacific Northwest Health Care Organizations Join CommonWell Health Alliance
Healthcare Informatics
Most Interesting Vendors: Cerner’s $1.3 Billion Bet
EHR Intelligence
How EHR Replacement Can Support EHR Adoption, Meaningful Use
Accenture Newsroom
ASM Research Awarded US$300 Million Contract to Help Strengthen VA IT System Security
Cerner Newsroom
Cerner to Replace Department of Defense’s Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Information System
UVA Today
Leidos Donates $200,000 to Support Collaborations in Cyber, Health and Energy
Healthcare Informatics
Report: Digital Health Solutions Could Save Healthcare Industry $100B
Gov Con Wire
Leidos to Help USAID Facilitate Malaria Vaccine R&D Projects; Jerry Hogge Comments
Forbes
Global 2000: Hall Of Fame CEOs On Growth, Good Advice And The Next Decade
CNN Money
Cerner Collaborates With Geisinger, xG Health Solutions to Enable SMART on FHIR EHR Apps
VentureBeat
Apple Watch Mania sees 13 New Health Care Apps Announced in the Past Week
Becker's Health IT & CIO Review
Inside the Cerner, Leidos, Accenture and Henry Schein DOD Contract Bid
Modern Healthcare
Cerner, Intermountain Roll Out Modified EHR-Financial System
Leidos Newsroom
Independent Managed Security Services Report Names Leidos as a Leader for Q4 2014
NPR/PBS/KQED Science
Part 2. Startups, Entrepreneurs Try to Solve Medical Records Debacle
NPR/PBS/KQED Science
Part 1. Critical Condition: How a Broken Medical Records System is Endangering America’s Health
FierceEMR
Pentagon EHR Bids: Leidos-Cerner-Accenture Focus on Trust, Experience
Modern Healthcare
Cerner Touts Predictive Analytics Ability, with Eye on Military Contract
Cerner Newsroom
Cerner Named to FORTUNE Magazine’s 2015 List of ‘World’s Most Admired [...]
Cerner Newsroom
Black Book ranks Cerner No. 1 HIE-Centric EHR Provider for Inpatient, Ambulatory
PR Newswire
Henry Schein Ranks First Again In Its Industry On FORTUNE’s List of “World’s [...]
The MHS GENESIS program is designed to transform the delivery of healthcare for nearly 10 million service members, veterans and their families. The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health is a team of proven innovators who have consistently delivered large, complex health solution programs for the DoD and VA on time and within budget for nearly three decades. We specialize in delivering patient- and clinician-centric tools, training and organizational change management support to offer high-quality health care technology.
Domain experts in Military Health Systems (MHS) and one of the largest and most experienced companies in North America at implementing EHR solutions for government and commercial customers.
A global leader in implementing change management, performing business process reengineering and providing healthcare solutions worldwide.
The leading global supplier of health care information technology solutions, connects people and systems at more than 27,500 contracted provider facilities worldwide.
The dental software leader whose Dentrix Enterprise solution represents the gold standard in system interoperability.
Enabling Access to Information – Wherever and Whenever it is Needed
Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) has multiple legacy health care systems that need to be modernized to remain sustainable. Having an integrated health care system will improve patient care and outcomes.
With MHS GENESIS, the health records of service members and their families will be seamlessly integrated to provide instant access to trusted medical systems, reduce the burden of coordinating care and improve the delivery of medical services. Patients’ health information will be available to health professionals wherever and whenever it is needed, regardless of how medical records were provided in the past.
The program is designed to create long-term value and improved care across our armed services.