Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)

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Alaska Native Firm Played Role In Failed Medical Review Board Software Project

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | December 19, 2012

Work on a botched program to develop software for the Defense Medical Examination Review Board was performed by an Alaska native company, said Steven Davis, a spokesman for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Read More »

DOD Isn’t Ready To Let Go Of Legacy EHR Just Yet

Jennifer Bresnick | Government Health IT | November 6, 2013

The Department of Defense may be flirting with commercial EHR vendors, but they’re not ready to commit to an off-the-shelf product just yet.  In a request for information released this week, the Defense Health Agency indicated that it is looking for support of its Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA) through 2018 [...]. Read More »

Navy Blows Development Of Officer Candidate Medical Database

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | December 17, 2012

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, which manages contracts for numerous other federal agencies, failed to develop a database for the Defense Department organization that conducts medical examinations for all military officer candidates and has run over its budget by $7 million, Nextgov has learned. Read More »

Pentagon Taps SPAWAR Folks To Run Electronic Health Record

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | October 29, 2013

The new Defense Department office set up to manage development of the next generation, multi-billion dollar electronic health record has filled its key positions  with personnel drawn from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Nextgov has learned. Read More »

VA Farmed Out Claims System Work To Controversial Navy Organization

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | January 2, 2013

The Veterans Affairs Department has paid the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic $105 million to help develop its next-generation disability claims processing system since 2010, despite two internal watchdog reports in 2009 that blasted previous work done by the Charleston, S.C.-based organization for VA. Read More »

VA’s Paperless Claims System Slows To A Crawl

Bob Brewin | Nextgov | January 4, 2012

The Veterans Affairs Department’s $491 million disability claims processing system, which is used in 18 out of 57 regional offices, slowed to a crawl last month due to sluggish response times for claims examiners trying to access veterans’ files stored on remote servers, Nextgov has learned. Read More »