Health Information Technology: DOD Needs to Provide More Information on Risks to Improve Its Program Management

Abstract

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 directed the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit a report to congressional defense committees on improvements to the governance and execution of its health information management and information technology (IT) programs to support medical care within the military health system. DOD submitted its report to the appropriate House and Senate committees in June 2010. The act also directed GAO to assess the report and DOD's plan of action to achieve its goals and mitigate risks in the management and execution of health information management and IT programs. Specifically, GAO's objective was to determine whether DOD addressed the reporting requirements specified in the defense authorization act. To do this, GAO reviewed the report submitted by DOD, and analyzed it against the reporting requirements, prior GAO work examining DOD's health IT issues, DOD guidance, and industry best practices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA532555

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • House Of Representatives
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Websites

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Medical or Health Care Field.