The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is currently seeking commercial platforms that can improve the patient experience for its beneficiaries within the Military Health System Information Portal. The goal is to enhance how patient interactions and data are collected in order to better serve the needs of those receiving care.
The DHA’s patient care transformation initiative is focused on three key areas: enhancing patient care, developing provider-supported technology in the Health Ecosystem, and acquiring data management support services. This initiative was outlined in a notice posted by the Defense Innovation Unit.
For the first focus area, DHA is looking for a commercial technology that can provide beneficiaries with easy access to care and services. This technology should seamlessly integrate with existing electronic health records and be compatible with wearables and other devices that patients may use. The aim is to streamline the patient experience and make accessing care more efficient.
In addition to this, DHA plans to expand the Health Ecosystem by introducing applications for various purposes such as scheduling, virtual nursing telemetry, remote patient monitoring, and hospital command centers. These tools are meant to reduce the administrative burden on DHA’s workforce and enhance overall efficiency within the system.
Finally, in the third focus area, DHA is seeking proposals from industry experts that aim to give MHS users access to patient-specific health data in order to aid in decision-making processes. The agency is looking for technologies that can allow users to manipulate and present this data effectively.
Interested parties have until May 1st to submit their responses