PwC to Offer DoD Open Source EHR

  
PwC US announced Friday it would put in a bid for the Department of Defense EHR contract, proposing an open source system. Leveraging investments already made by the government into the Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance by merging open source software with commercial applications, PwC plans to combine its healthcare operational and transformation capabilities with commercial EHR vendors DSS and MedSphere, and systems integrator General Dynamics Information Technology.

MedSphere's OpenVistA EHR system is a commercial version of the VA’s clinical software, VistA. The PwC team would go head-to-head with IBM and Epic, which are also bidding on the project. Epic is among the most widely adopted EHR system in the country. "Providing high quality healthcare to U.S. military families and veterans relies on secure access to patient records from any location or device," said Scott McIntyre, U.S. Public Sector leader, PwC," in a news release. "An interoperable healthcare IT management system that leverages existing investments not only creates efficiency and significant cost savings, it promotes better health outcomes for active duty military, veterans and their families."...