Medical ADP Systems: Defense Achieves Worldwide Deployment of Composite Health Care System
AIMD-96-39
Published: Apr 05, 1996. Publicly Released: Apr 05, 1996.
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Highlights
Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) Composite Health Care System (CHCS), focusing on: (1) DOD efforts to complete deployment of CHCS to military medical treatment facilities worldwide; (2) DOD efforts to address previously identified problems; and (3) a new CHCS operational issue.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
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| Department of Defense | The Secretary of Defense should direct the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to develop, test, and implement DOD-wide policies and procedures for the rapid repair or replacement of CHCS equipment damaged in disasters. |
Closed – Implemented
DOD agreed with the recommendation and has developed policies and procedures for the rapid repair or replacement of CHCS equipment damaged in disasters. The CHCS II Program Manager approved the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), a comprehensive contingency planning blueprint intended as a guide for MTF commanders to use to incorporate CHCS II into their overall contingency plans. According to DOD, complying with the disaster recovery and contingency planning practices in the COOP will help to ensure a more reliable day-to-day processing environment and reduce the exposure of CHCS II to major interruptions of service. The COOP includes a requirement that it be tested at each MTF periodically to ensure the details and persons in each MTF-specific plan are adequate for current contingency planning conditions. As of September 22, 1999, DOD indicated that 55 percent of the CHCS host MTFs have completed their annual test of the COOP.
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