Medical ADP (Automated Data Processing) Systems: Composite Health Care System Operational Test and Evaluation Costs

摘要

The report examines the cost of operational test and evaluation (OT&E) of the Department of Defense's Composite Health Care System (CHCS)--a state-of-the-art medical information system Defense is acquiring for use in all military hospitals, medical centers, and clinics worldwide. The specific concerns addressed were whether Defense had sufficient funds in its fiscal years 1988 and 1989 program budget to conduct tests that will meet OT&E objectives and whether test objectives could be fulfilled either at a lower cost or more effectively than currently planned.