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

Joint Theater Trauma Registry (JTTR)

Joint Theater Trauma Registry (JTTR) is a data repository that collects and hosts all DoD trauma-related data. JTTR is used to document and provide timely information on care and outcomes of military and civilian trauma patients at follow-on medical facilities.

Key Capabilities

Creates a research strategy that supports reduction of morbidity and mortality in military and civilian trauma patients
Establishes and maintains a trauma-outcomes database to analyze and evaluate clinical decision-making and measures subsequent outcomes for improving treatment modalities
Provides activities of each service with full and complete access to data in the DoD Trauma Registry
Features a store and forward component that can function in low/no communications environments

Benefits

Ongoing improvement of battlefield and military trauma care, prevention and follow-up care
More timely, actionable medical knowledge by generating Critical Outcome Data reports within hours
Enables more efficient and effective medical research in a resource-constrained environment
Advances battlefield and military trauma care process improvement and quality assurance

DHIMS: Defense Health Information Management System