{"id":23269,"date":"2018-01-31T00:10:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T00:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/31\/gao-manual-health-records-put-coast-guard-personnel-at-risk\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:59:40","slug":"gao-manual-health-records-put-coast-guard-personnel-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2018\/01\/31\/gao-manual-health-records-put-coast-guard-personnel-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"GAO: Manual health records put Coast Guard personnel at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two years after the Coast Guard announced it was cancelling its electronic health record (EHR) project, the service continues to rely on a paper management system. That poses serious risks for personnel, a new Government Accountability Office report argues<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the report, Coast Guard regional managers and clinic and sick bay administrators warned the GAO they are \u201cunable to adequately track vital information such as medications,\u201d which puts personnel at risk of medical complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Coast Guard\u2019s failed EHR modernization effort \u2014 known as the Integrated Health and Information System, or IHiS \u2014 was terminated yet still cost $59.9 million between 2010 to 2017 (with no equipment or software reusable for future efforts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report further outlines that IHiS did not undergo an independent security assessment and interface testing, potentially compromising the sensitive health information of the service\u2019s 56,000 members.<\/p>\n\n\n\t