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Vision

The Premier Global Electronic Health Record

Military's EHR

9.7+ million beneficiaries with clinical data
77,000+ active users
140,000+ new encounters per day

Military Treatment Facilities

63+ hospitals
413+ medical clinics
375+ dental clinics

Theater Footprint

15 Theater hospitals
408 forward
resuscitative sites and first responder sites
65 U.S. Naval ships

DoD Health IT Policy

Since the Gulf War, various executive and congressional orders, reports and publications have been created pertaining to the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Health and Human Services' care for our nation's service members.

Executive Branch

	Date	Size
Executive Order 13214 - President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans	05/28/01	25.1KB
Executive Order 13335 - Incentives for the Use of Health Information Technology & Establishing the Position of the NHIT Coordinator	04/30/04	67.4KB
Executive Order 13410 - Promoting Quality and Efficient Health Care in Federal Government Administered or Sponsored Health Care Programs	08/28/06	93.8KB

Presidential	Date	Size
Special Report - Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illness	10/31/97	—
Extension of Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses	01/30/97	—
Executive Order 13426 - Establishing a Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors	03/08/07	98.9KB

Congressional

	Date	Size
Final Report 2003 - President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery For Our Nation's Veterans	05/26/03	1.63MB
Document to Congressional Committees - DOD and VA Health Care: Incentives Program for Sharing Resources	02/27/04	85.7KB
VA/DoD Contingency Hospital System Plan	01/29/08	—
Title 10, USC, Section 1074f - Medical Tracking System for Members Deployed Overseas	FY 2008	—
Family and Medical Leave Act and National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008	FY 2008	—
Senate Report 110-335 - NDAA	FY 2009	—

Department of Defense Executive Office

	Date	Type	Size
Joint Publication 4-02 - Health Service Report	10/31/06		2.48MB

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