Pentagon Wants a Commercial Electronic Health Record System for Animal Servicemembers – By Aaron Boyd (Nextgov) / Mar 16 2021
The Defense Health Agency is looking for a cloud-based veterinary EHR to replace its government-built system.
The Defense Department has been moving to commercial cloud-based electronic health records systems over the last several years and is looking to do the same for its four-legged servicemembers.
The Defense Health Agency currently manages a custom-built veterinary EHR, or VEHR, system to care for more than 5,450 working animals and a total of 541,000 patients, including domestic pets. The VEHR handles digital medical records, scheduling, financial management, inventory management and reporting for more than 140 DOD veterinary facilities.
“The VEHR provides an electronic health record as well as the practice management solution to schedule appointments, track and maintain pharmaceutical and supply inventories, real-time collection of money for patient encounters and transactions at time and location of visit, and financial management of monies collected for both working animals and privately owned animals,” according to a request for information seeking market feedback on commercial veterinary EHR solutions.
