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DoD EHR Update Requires Mapping, Testing of Health IT Infrastructure

June 7, 2019 - The health IT infrastructure needs to be fully mapped and tested to ensure it can support the new electronic health record (EHR) system the Department of Defense (DoD) is implementing, testified Jon Scholl, president of Leidos Health Group. Leidos is the contractor overseeing the DoD’s $5.5 billion EHR modernization known as MHS GENESIS,...


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