Healthcare IT News November 10, 2023
In a 10-year contract worth as much as $2.5 billion, Indian Health Service will replace its VistA-based patient management system with Oracle technology, to be implemented and maintained by General Dynamics IT.
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that the Indian Health Service has opted to replace its existing 40-year-old patient record system with new technology, developed and deployed by Oracle and General Dynamics.
WHY IT MATTERS
HHS has chosen General Dynamics Information Technology to “build, configure, and maintain” a new electronic health record system for IHS based around Oracle Cerner technology, the agency said.
The new EHR will replace IHS’ decades-old Resource and Patient Management System, which is based on homegrown VistA technology and...