title: The deployed electronic medical record.
abstract: This article reviews the current state of the electronic medical record in the deployed environment, with a discussion of challenges faced in the course of mission execution. Focus discussion includes current system architecture, system integration, interoperability, networking, and security concerns. The Department of Defense electronic medical documentation system does function, and records care from the point of injury through enduring care within the Veterans Health Administration. However, there is a high cost in dollars and man-hours, which should be aggressively addressed and improved.
authors.affiliation: Task Force 62 Medical Brigade, Task Force 62, Baghdad, Iraq.
authors.forename: Leslie E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000592:standards*; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D054542:Iraq War, 2003-2011; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel