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