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

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Date Issued

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Submitting OIG

Department of Defense OIG

Other Participating OIGs

Department of Veterans Affairs OIG

Department of Defense OIG

Agencies Reviewed/Investigated

Department of Defense

Components

Defense Health Agency (DHA)

Report Number

DODIG-2022-089

Report Type

Audit

Agency Wide

Yes

Number of Recommendations

Questioned Costs

Funds for Better Use

Open Recommendations

This report has 3 open recommendations.

Recommendation Number	Significant Recommendation	Recommended Questioned Costs	Recommended Funds for Better Use
D-2022-0089-D000CR-0001-0002.b	No	$0	$0
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	No	$0	$0
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	No	$0	$0
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.