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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaubu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:30 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Thad Cochran (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Cochran, Shelby, Murkowski, Blunt, Daines, Moran, Durbin, Murray, Tester, and Schatz. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM AND MILITARY MEDICINE STATEMENT OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL NADJA Y. WEST, SURGEON GENERAL AND COMMANDING GENERAL, UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL COMMAND OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR THAD COCHRAN Senator COCHRAN. Good morning. The subcommittee will come to order. Today, we are receiving testimony on the Military Health System and the medical readiness of our servicemembers. We are pleased to welcome to the hearing Lieutenant General Nadja West, Surgeon General of the Army, Vice Admiral Forrest Faison, Surgeon General of the Navy, Lieutenant General Mark Ediger, Surgeon General of the Air Force, and Ms. Stacy Cummings, Program Executive Officer of the Defense Healthcare Management Systems. Our military has made great strides in areas ranging from med- ical research breakthroughs to expedited treatment and medical evacuations off the battlefield. We are particularly proud of the work performed by the 81st Medical Group flying out of Keesler Air Force Base. Guess where that is? Biloxi, Mississippi. This morning, the committee would like to learn more about the Department's progress on implementing the new electronic health record system and its integration with the Department of Veterans Affairs and private healthcare providers. That is a big challenge right there in one sentence. We are aware the Department began deployment of its new elec- tronic health record system in February at Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington. The committee looks forward to hearing about the success of this program thus far, and understanding its future challenges. (1)

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