“The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments want to spend $2.8 billion on health IT during the next fiscal year, but the balance between making-and-buying in that budget is still unclear.
The Department of Defense has traditionally bought its IT systems, under contract. Its system, called the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA), has been heavily criticized for being ineffective and over budget.”
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Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet Healthcare, 4 February 2010
