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Initial Tests Find Defense Department’s MHS Genesis 'Not Operationally Suitable'

NextGov: The rollout of the Defense Department’s next-generation electronic health records system is not going smoothly.

Field tests of the Defense Department’s electronic health system at three locations went so poorly the testing agency scrapped plans to test at a fourth facility, according to a report released Friday.

Those three tests were enough to determine that “MHS GENESIS is neither operationally effective nor operationally suitable,” wrote Robert Behler, the department’s director of operational test and evaluation, in a letter dated April 30. In the letter, Behler recommended the department delay rolling the system out at other locations until his agency is able to complete its testing and the program manager fixes all the deficiencies they’ve found.

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