New Oracle Health EHR system will
improve data sharing and access to health services for 2.6 million
American Indians and Alaska Natives
FALLS
CHURCH, Va., Nov. 13,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Information
Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD),
announced today that it was awarded a $2.5
billion indefinite delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ)
contract by the Indian Health Service (IHS) to modernize its
electronic health record (EHR) system. The 10-year contract has a
five-year base period with five option years.
As an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services,
IHS provides federal health services to 2.6 million American
Indians and Alaska Natives belonging to 574 federally recognized
tribes in 37 states. Under the contract, GDIT will replace the
agency's existing health record and patient system with a new
cloud-based enterprise EHR system from Oracle Health.
The new EHR will be hosted in a secure Federal Risk and
Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) high cloud environment,
which will scale to meet the future needs of the program. This
solution will enable better data access and sharing across
geographically dispersed IHS and tribal health facilities
nationwide, improving patient experience and quality of care.
"This new electronic health record system will improve the lives
of American Indians and Alaska Natives nationwide by providing
essential tools to lower barriers to healthcare," said Kamal Narang, GDIT's vice president and general
manager for Federal Health. "We look forward to building on our
20-year partnership with IHS and implementing the agency's IT
modernization goals to serve the health needs for current and
future generations."
"Oracle Health's EHR is the most widely used EHR around the
globe and has been proven in the world's most complex environments,
including the United States Department of Defense," said
Mike Sicilia, executive vice
president of Oracle Industries. "We are confident that our
technology and partnership with GDIT will help IHS improve the
experience for providers and deliver better healthcare outcomes for
millions of American Indians and Alaska Natives."
Since 2003, GDIT has provided mission-critical IT programs to
IHS, including developing and maintaining its current EHR, the
Resource and Patient Management System; implementing a Covid-19
vaccination reporting system; and developing a population health
management software solution to promote and track health
screenings.
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