Information Technology: Greater Use of Best Practices Can Reduce Risks in Acquiring Defense Health Care System

Abstract

This report examines the acquisition of the Composite Health Care System (CHCS) II. It is one in a series of reports reviewing the Department of Defense's use of best practices in acquiring information technology systems. CHCS II is expected to cost about $1 billion to deliver full capability to almost 1,100 health facilities worldwide by 2008. GAO's objectives were to determine (1) what progress has been made against project commitments, (2) whether the system has been economically justified, and (3) whether effective technical and management controls are in place.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2002
Accession Number
AD1179613

Entities

People

  • Carl L. Higginbotham
  • Chetna Lal
  • Harold J. Jr Brumm
  • Katherine I. Chu-hickman
  • Keith E. Steck
  • Michael P. Fruitman
  • Nabajyoti Barkakati

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Cost Estimates
  • Economic Analysis
  • Electronic Mail
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Network Computing
  • Network Protocols
  • Operating Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Software Development
  • Technical Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Therapy

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Systems Analysis and Design