DoD awards contract for EHR system.

• Position: EHR - Accenture PLC, Leidos, Cerner Corp signs deal with United States Department of Defense for electronic health records - Brief article

Accenture, Leidos, and Cerner have won the Defense Department's behemoth electronic health records (EHRs) system contract, estimated to cost $11 billion through 2030. The award for the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization (DHMSM) was for a fraction of that amount, however--just over $4.3 billion over 10 years if the options are exercised--according to an FCW.com report.

The winners have no easy task: DHMSM's goal is a single, commercial product featuring full interoperability with the Veterans Affairs' VistA health records system as well as private sector systems, while serving some 9.6 million service members, retirees, and dependents, FCW.com reported.

In addition, the system has to be deployable from the front lines of combat all the way home...