Defense: Health Care

Abstract

In October 1989 the Department of Defense introduced its Corporate Information Management (CIM) initiative to reengineer its business practices and make better use of information technology. In May 1990, a Medical Functional Group was established within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to institutionalize the CIM process within the Military Health Services System. This letter addresses our review of CIN's implementation in military health services--one of the eight functional areas selected for initial CIM implementation. At a time when health care costs are rising dramatically, CIM offers opportunities to reduce not only health care information technology expenses but, more important, the overall costs of providing care

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 03, 1993
Accession Number
ADA265914

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Corporate Information Management
  • Delivery Of Health Care
  • Department Of Defense
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Information Systems
  • Management Information Systems
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies