Defense Health Agency
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The Army may lose its Medical Research and Materiel Command in the 2019 NDAA, and Army Secretary Mark Esper is not happy about it.
September 04, 2018 -
2019 Defense bill strengthens role of Defense Health Agency, but omits Senate language that would have completely eliminated the military services' own medical commands.
July 31, 2018 -
Justification documents published by the Pentagon Tuesday increase the ceiling value of the MHS Genesis contract to $5.5 billion.
July 25, 2018 -
The Pentagon says it's seen progress since the department's independent testing office found the military's electronic health record system is not "operationally suitable."
May 22, 2018 -
What are Defense Health Agency's strategies priorities? How is DHA working to create a more integrated healthcare system? What is DHA doing to improve the readiness and health of the military services? Join us as we explore these questions and so much more with Vice Admiral Raquel Bono, Director, Defense Health Agency.
May 14, 2018 -
DoD says the transition to new contractors, conducted while it was also restructuring its health plan's benefits, proved more complicated than expected.
March 20, 2018 -
Defense officials acknowledge early challenges in EHR deployment, but have no plans to delay further implementation
March 09, 2018 -
DoD's adoption of a new electronic health record is a major driver for a bevy of other upgrades to health IT in the military health system, including a new, worldwide virtual private network and common desktop.
December 20, 2017 -
What is the mission of the Defense Health Agency? Find out when DHA Deputy Director Guy Kiyokawa joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf. December 19, 2017
December 14, 2017 -
The first users of DoD's new electronic health record call the system "life-changing," but several years remain before it's deployed worldwide.
November 20, 2017 -
Vice Admiral Raquel C. Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss the organization's vision for serving the healthcare needs of the warfighter. April 11, 2017
April 11, 2017 -
Almost exactly four years after the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments decided to go their separate ways in their projects to modernize their electronic health records, DoD’s brand new EHR is now up and running, at least at one base.
February 14, 2017 -
The annual Defense authorization bill Congress sent to President Obama’s desk on Thursday will dramatically increase the role of the Pentagon’s youngest combat support agency.
December 09, 2016 -
The Navy is trying to personalize health care for its patients by integrating it in their daily lives.
December 01, 2016 -
The Defense Department has cited lower health care costs as one of the benefits of the $58 billion in contract awards it issued in July to manage its TRICARE health care system. But in at least one of the two contracts, price wasn’t the driving factor.
November 28, 2016