Joint Audit of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs Efforts to Achieve Electronic Health Record System Interoperability

Submitting OIG:

Department of Defense OIG

Date Issued:

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Defense

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

DODIG-2022-089

Other Participating OIGs (for joint reports):

Department of Veterans Affairs OIG

Component, if applicable:

Defense Health Agency (DHA)

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Questioned Costs:

Funds for Better Use:

Number of Recommendations:

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DODIG-2022-089.pdf	17.24 MB

Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation
D-2022-0089-D000CR-0001-0002.b	Open	No
Rec. 2.b: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Program Office, in coordination with the Director of the Defense Health Agency; Program Executive Director for Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration; and Program Manager for DoD Healthcare Management System Modernization develop and implement a plan for migrating legacy patient health care information needed for a patient's complete electronic health record once the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Program Office determines the health care data domains of patient health care information that constitutes a complete patient electronic health record.
D-2022-0089-D000CR-0001-0002.c	Open	No
Rec. 2.c: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Program Office, in coordination with the Director of the Defense Health Agency; Program Executive Director for Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration; and Program Manager for DoD Healthcare Management System Modernization develop and implement a plan for creating interfaces that would allow medical devices to connect and transfer patient health care information to Cerner Millennium.
D-2022-0089-D000CR-0001-0002.d	Open	No
Rec. 2.d: The DoD OIG recommended that the Director of the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Program Office, in coordination with the Director of the Defense Health Agency; Program Executive Director for Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration; and Program Manager for DoD Healthcare Management System Modernization develop and implement a plan to modify Cerner Millennium user roles to ensure users are granted access to only the patient health care information necessary to perform their job responsibilities.

Department of Defense OIG

Department of Defense

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General was established in 1982. The mission of the DoD OIG, as established by the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, (5 U.S.C. Appendix); and implemented by DoD Directive 5106.01, "Inspector General of the Department of Defense," is to serve as an independent and objective office in DoD to:

a) conduct, supervise, monitor, and initiate audits, evaluations, and investigations relating to programs and operations of the Department of Defense,

b) provide leadership and coordination and recommend policies for activities designed to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of, and to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in, such programs and operations,

c) provide a means for keeping the Secretary of Defense and the Congress fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to the administration of such programs and operations and the necessity for and progress of corrective action

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Joint Audit of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs Efforts to Achieve Electronic Health Record System Interoperability

Related Open Recommendations