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DHIMS: Defense Health Information Management System

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

About DHIMS

The Defense Health Information Management System provides information management and information technology solutions that capture, manage and share health care data for the military's electronic health record. The EHR is used by the military's medical community and supports the management of more than 9.7 million Military Health System beneficiary records. DHIMS provides one of the largest—and most comprehensive—EHRs in the world, and is committed to delivering clinical IT solutions that enable continuity of care and timely administration of benefits to service members and their families.

Program History—Learn more about the DHIMS program office, which was established in 2008 with the merger of the Clinical Information Technology Program Office and the Theater Medical Information Medical Program—Joint.

Leadership Bios—More than 400 clinical, technical and administrative professionals make up the DHIMS organization. Meet some of DHIMS' executive-level managers.

DOD Health IT Policy—Policies and practices that affect service members, their families and the military's medical community.

Defense Knowledge Online —Many DHIMS valuable resources including training and reference materials are also available on both DKO and Army Knowledge Online.

Download Fact Sheet

The State of the Current EHR Report, a DHIMS 2010 accomplishments documents, is now available! Click here to download.

© 2008-2011 Defense Health Information Management System
Last Updated: February 7, 2012