Joint Health Record Graphical Interface Contest

One of the key components of the joint electronic health record planned by the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments is a graphical user interface, and I've picked up strong signals that the two departments have three likely candidates in pilot mode.

Now, after a drum roll, the candidates are -

• An Air Force GUI developed at the David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
• A Navy GUI, developed at Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Fla.
• And a joint Defense/VA GUI developed by Pacific Telehealth & Technology Hui at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.

These pilots, I'm told, run through June 30, with selection of a winner within a month.