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HRD-81-17 1 (1980-11-06)

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                 COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED WAiI
                         WASHINGTON. D.C. IOM



B-199666
                                               NOVEMBER 6, 1980

The Honorable Richardson Preyer
Chairman, Subcommittee on Government
  Information and Individual Rights
Committee on Government Operations                   113689
House of Representatives

Dear Mr. Chairman:

     Subject: fihe Veterans Administration's Plans to Convert
               the Automated Hospital Information System at
               the Washington, D.C., Medical CenteJ
               (HRD-81-17)

     This report is in response to your May 4, 1979, letter
and later agreements with your office regarding the Veterans
Administration's (VA's) efforts to develop a Health Care In-
formation System and other computerized medical applications.
As you know, we have had staff assigned to the Subcommittee
reviewing overall aspects of VA's computerized medical efforts,
and we testified before your Subcommittee on September 4, 1980,
regarding VA's management of its automatic data processing
resources.

     The enclosure discusses our keview of VA's plans to up-
grade the Automated Hospital Info ation System (AHIS) at the
Washington, D.C., Medical Center by converting it to operate
on newer computer equipment. This system--which provides
automated assistance for such inpatient functions as admis-
sions and discharges, scheduling, dietetics, radiology, and
intensive care--has b~n in operation on the present computer
equipment since 1967.;

     In September 1979, VA awarded a contract for nearly
$900,000 to convert AHIS by reprograming it to operate on
newer computer equipment because, according to VA, the cur-
rent equipment is becoming less reliable. In April 1980:

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