Tripler Army Medical Center

       Public Affairs Office Media Release

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       Release Number 05-57                                                                July 26, 2005

 

 

Update on affected clinics

Tripler/Schofield Clinics phase in

new electronic medical records system

 

Tripler Army Medical Center Public Affairs Office

 

       HONOLULU— Tripler Army Medical Center is continuing its transition to the new Composite Health Care System II (CHCS II), the Department of Defense’s (DoD) second-generation, electronic medical record system.  Since May, all Army medical facilities in Hawaii are being rotated through CHCS II training. They are expected to resume normal operations by the end of this year.

 

       As clinics enter the training cycle, about a quarter of their healthcare staffs may be unavailable to provide direct patient care. Patients seeking routine care may find their visits are longer and that appointments are scheduled at dates later than normal. Patients requiring urgent care during a clinic’s transition period will continue to receive priority attention.

 

       CHCS II, when implemented, will improve the healthcare of all military and family members. Healthcare providers will enter most of their patients’ medical information into CHCS II’s secure, electronic database. Medical information, now mostly paper-based, will then be almost instantly available to authorized military healthcare providers world-wide. CHCS II replaces the first CHCS system adopted by DoD in the late 1980’s.

 

       A list of Tripler and Schofield Barracks clinics’ training schedules listed below are also posted on the Tripler website at http://www.tamc.amedd.army.mil. These dates may change, so patients should check the website for current information.

 

CHCS II Transition Schedule