DOD Health IT Limited in Ability to Track Mental Health Referrals

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News Two Department of Defense (DOD) health information technology (IT) systems — the Composite Health Care System (CHCS) and the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA) — have limited tracking capabilities for post-deployment mental health referrals. DOD is in the process of expanding the use of AHLTA to replace the older CHCS system. The two systems cannot transfer mental health referral information between them and as a result, some facilities conducting the post-deployment health assessment have resorted to using manual records to track post-deployment mental heath referrals and appointments. Post . . .