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The Army Medical Command abruptly stopped fielding an electronic dental record application that is part of a larger health record network the Defense Department operates for soldiers.
The Army's deputy surgeon general, Maj. Gen. David Rubenstein, directed a strategic pause in the deployment of AHLTA Dental, according to e-mails. AHLTA is the electronic health record system operated by Defense for members of the uniformed services.
The Defense Health Information Management System, which provides information technology systems to all three services, said the Army had planned to start deploying AHLTA Dental to 18 clinics this week in a briefing posted on the Health Information Management System's Web site.
The internal e-mails did not detail why the Army had stopped deploying AHLTA Dental, but a consultant who works closely with the Military Health System said the service may have decided to use its own electronic dental record, called the Corporate Dental Application, instead of AHLTA Dental, which both the Air Force and the Navy have embraced.
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