Cerner, Intermountain Latest to Align for DoD EHR Contract

Healthcare Informatics: The Kansas City, Mo.-based vendor Cerner has announced a strategic agreement with Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City, Utah), as it continues to compete for the Department of Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) electronic health record (EHR) contract.

Cerner is a member of the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health, an alliance that includes Leidos and Accenture, a global IT and management consulting company. If awarded, the Leidos Partnership will aim to transition the Department of Defense (DoD) smoothly and securely to an open, modern, secure and interoperable system. Intermountain will work with Cerner to meet the military's specific requirements to modernize its EHR process.

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