DoD rolls out new records systems one installation at a time, starting with Travis AFB

Published: Nov. 1, 2019, 3 a.m.

The JEDI cloud computing contract might be the most visible IT project for the Defense Department. But a perhaps more ambitious one is the new records systems under construction at the Defense Health Agency. Recently the program office rolled out a new wave of installations at Travis Air Force Base, Idaho. As DoD rolls outs is new electronic health records one installation at a time, clinicians will still need to access data from the legacy system. For an update on this multi-year project, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Bill Tinston, the program executive officer at the Defense Healthcare Management Systems office, and Air Force Maj. Gen. Lee Payne, a physician and assistant director for combat support at DHA.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices