Medical ADP Systems. Changes in Composite Health Care System's Deployment Strategy are Unwise

Abstract

The Composite Health Care System (CHCS) is a medical information system that the Department of Defense is developing for use in its more than 690 medical treatment facilities worldwide. The Congress has capped CHCS life-cycle costs at $1.6 billion. Defense is required by law to conduct an operational test and evaluation (OT and E) of CHCS, perform a cost/benefit analysis, and report the results to the armed services committees before awarding the full-deployment contract. This law also requires that GAO monitor OT and E and report to the committees within 30 days of Defense's report. This report is one in a series dealing with Defense's acquisition, development, and testing of this system. Our objectives were to (1) determine the status of CHCS' schedule, performance, cost, and benefits; and (2) identify and evaluate changes in Defense's development, testing, and deployment strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA241456

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Information Systems
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Program Management
  • System Software
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Therapy
  • United States

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  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting