Work begins on Government Computer-Based Patient Record
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The goal is a "seamless exchange and access to information." Litton PRC Inc. will develop the first version of the Government Computer-Based Patient Record, under a one-year task order that could set broad new standards for health care records. Six of the seven Lot 3 prime contractors for the Defense Medical Information System/Systems Integration, Design, Development, Operations and Maintenance Services II contract submitted GCPR proposals to the Defense Supply Service–Washington in June, said Col.
The goal is a Litton PRC Inc. will develop the first version of the Government Computer-Based Patient Six of the seven Lot 3 prime contractors for the Defense Medical Information Ray said he could not estimate the task orders value because Litton PRC has not Industry consultant Robert J. Guerra of Guerra and Associates of Oakton, Va., placed I dont think well have a patient record system as a result of The GCPR partners are the Defense Department Office of Health Affairs, Indian Health Ray said Litton PRC will deliver the first version of GCPR after August 1999. We had a shared vision, and were heading down parallel paths, said Litton PRCs proposal gave a detailed explanation of problems that need to be The company will develop the fundamental architecture for a system that he compared to GCPR is supposed to help DOD keep track of a widely dispersed and mobile work force, The common record also will eliminate the need for Veterans Affairs Department Ray said the system must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and In addition to security standards, the GCPR project will establish a framework for data After the partners get GCPR running and work out the kinks, there could be a
seamless exchange and access to information.
Record, under a one-year task order that could set broad new standards for health care
records.
System/Systems Integration, Design, Development, Operations and Maintenance Services II
contract submitted GCPR proposals to the Defense Supply ServiceWashington in June,
said Col. Lynn Ray, chief program manager for the Composite Health Care System II Program
Office.
yet responded to the statement of work. Input of Vienna, Va., put the GCPR projects
value at $5 million.
the value around $13 million.
Litton PRCs work, but well have a set of standards and protocols,
Ray said.
Service, Louisiana State University Medical Center and Veterans Health Administration.
Dr. Richard Ferrans, telemedicine chief at LSU Medical Center in New Orleans. We
wanted seamless exchange and access to information.
resolved before health care providers can share information, Ray said.
AT&T Corp. providing long-distance service to telephone customers who want to place
calls over other providers networks.
Ray said. We need portable data that you can pull anywhere, he said.
officials to create duplicate records for retired personnel who seek medical service at VA
facilities.
Accountability Act of 1996, which requires the secretary of Health and Human Services to
set standards for electronic transactions that ensure privacy during the processing and
transmission of patient data such as Social Security numbers and health conditions (see
story, Page 16).
access and messaging, Ferrans said. Its a core for standardizing order entry,
nurses and doctors notes, and applications that access legacy data, he
said.
rush to adopt the standards elsewhere, Ferrans said.