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IMTEC-85-14 1 (1985-09-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabntk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 SEPTEMBER 11, 1985 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION B-21 9889 The Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger 127894 The Secretary of Defense Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: DOD Should Restructure the March Air Force Base Test of Veterans Administration-developed Software (GAO/IMTEC-85-14) The Chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and House Committee on Veterans' Affairs asked us to review the Tri-Service Medical Information System (TRIMIS) Program. The Department of Defense (DOD) established this program to consolidate Army, Navy, and Air Force efforts in developing computer systems for their hospitals and clinics. As part of our review, we were asked to --assess the cost and feasibility of adapting the Veterans Administration's (VA's) Decentralized Hospital Computer Program software for use in DOD hospitals and clinics; --evaluate the acquisition and implementation of the Composite Health Care System (CHCS),1 which is managed by the TRIMIS program office; the system's functional requirements; and vendor proposals for this system; and --monitor DOD's test of VA's software at March Air Force Base (AFB), California. This report addresses only the last item; we plan to respond to the other congressional concerns in future reports and briefings. The committees referred to above expressed concern that DOD not has given VA software a fair evaluation before proceeding with the CHCS procurement. In connection with consideration of the fiscal year 1985 Defense Appropriations Act, the Congress directed that DOD proceed with the testing of the VA software at March AFB to determine the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of using the 1CHCS is intended to provide a health-care computer system to 167 DOD hospitals, 533 outpatient clinics, 45 dental clinics, and about 20 other medical facilities at an estimated cost of $800 million to $1.1 billion. (510085)