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According to the Military Health System website, AHLTA seemingly had its birth in the State of the Union speech given by President George W. Bush in 2004, when he expressed a goal to have most Americans have their own electronic health record by 2014(http://www.ha.osd.mil/AHLTA/). The Department of Defense (DoD) set their target for the military for 2011. Others suggest the effort to build a military EMR began as far back as 1997, and the military has invested up to $20 billion to do so (http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2008/09/another-walter-reed-scandal-medical-records.html). Many observers have questioned why the DoD chose to build their own system instead of adopting the VA system, VistA. User satisfaction with AHLTA is reportedly low (http://www.healthbeatblog.org/2008/09/ahlta-textbook.html), and there are ongoing attempts to address user issues. | According to the Military Health System website, AHLTA seemingly had its birth in the State of the Union speech given by President George W. Bush in 2004, when he expressed a goal to have most Americans have their own electronic health record by 2014(http://www.ha.osd.mil/AHLTA/). The Department of Defense (DoD) set their target for the military for 2011. Others suggest the effort to build a military EMR began as far back as 1997, and the military has invested up to $20 billion to do so (http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2008/09/another-walter-reed-scandal-medical-records.html). Many observers have questioned why the DoD chose to build their own system instead of adopting the VA system, VistA. User satisfaction with AHLTA is reportedly low (http://www.healthbeatblog.org/2008/09/ahlta-textbook.html), and there are ongoing attempts to address user issues. | ||
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| + | AHLTA is both knowledgeable and proactive. Health care personnel receive wellness reminders for their patients. The system also proactively provides critical information that alerts clinicians of possible medical outbreaks so that they may better prepare for these scenarios. Another important aspect that this product brought onto a worldwide scale was the ability to capture data on handheld devices in the battlefield. It has also allowed the extremely mobile military force to have medical information available worldwide. | ||
Revision as of 02:31, 20 January 2009
According to the Military Health System website, AHLTA seemingly had its birth in the State of the Union speech given by President George W. Bush in 2004, when he expressed a goal to have most Americans have their own electronic health record by 2014(http://www.ha.osd.mil/AHLTA/). The Department of Defense (DoD) set their target for the military for 2011. Others suggest the effort to build a military EMR began as far back as 1997, and the military has invested up to $20 billion to do so (http://www.motherjones.com/news/update/2008/09/another-walter-reed-scandal-medical-records.html). Many observers have questioned why the DoD chose to build their own system instead of adopting the VA system, VistA. User satisfaction with AHLTA is reportedly low (http://www.healthbeatblog.org/2008/09/ahlta-textbook.html), and there are ongoing attempts to address user issues.
AHLTA is both knowledgeable and proactive. Health care personnel receive wellness reminders for their patients. The system also proactively provides critical information that alerts clinicians of possible medical outbreaks so that they may better prepare for these scenarios. Another important aspect that this product brought onto a worldwide scale was the ability to capture data on handheld devices in the battlefield. It has also allowed the extremely mobile military force to have medical information available worldwide.
