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LCD-78-121 1 (1978-07-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaxnu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESURE 06475 - (820270451 rDevelopment of Department of Vefensg's Iri-Service Medical Information Systems!. LCD-78-121; B-1826o6. July 19, 1978. 5 pp. + 2 enclosures (29 pp.), iteport to Sen. Jchn C. Stennis# Chairuan, Senate Committee on Appropriations: Defense Subcommittee; ty Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. .sue Area: Automatic Data Processing 4100); Health Programs: Federal Government Control of Costs Througb Direct Delivery Proarams (1216). Contact: Loqistics and communications Liv. Budqet Function: National Defense: Detartment oZ Defeo-.a - Military (except procurement & cc tracts) (s.i Orqanization Concetned: Department of Eefense; Ecr~..Zment ¢f the Air Force; Department of the Army; Department of the Navy. Conqressional Relevance: House Committee on Armed Services; Senate Committee on rmed Services. Sen. John C. Steamis. The Department of Defen.els (EOD's) Tri-Service Medical Information System (TRIMIS) should pxcvide automated data processinq support for patient care in military hospit&ls. Its potential benefits involve minimizing duplication in systems development by the services, money savings, and improved hospital patient care. However, little progress has teen made toward achievinq these nbjectives despite expenditures of about $50 million. Problems identified were: lack of unified support from services in the design and development effort, little manaqement continuity, lack of definition of organizational responsibilities, inadequate planning, and lack of emphasis on system standardization. The Congress should advise the Secretary of Defense that further funding of the I2IHIS Irogram shculd be restricted to DOD's: preparation and presentation cf a lonq-ranqe plan for the development, implementation, and operation ot TRIMIS within budqetary and time limitations; preparation of a series of short-range plams that provide DOD a firm commitment for implementing the long-range plan; identificat..on of the uniform data elements, cedis, and commuiication protocols that are to te used by tne services throuqhout TRIMIS' life cycle; and designation of the patient administration module as the top priority module for development and iwplementation. (HTW)