OMIS-A starts new chapter 

“We're saying goodbye to the institution that bound us together for so long, but we're also celebrating the foundation of a new program to continue the mission,” Steve Reichard said during a ceremony hosted by Col. (Promotable) RJ Mikesh on April 12 at Fort Detrick. The ceremony disestablished the charter for Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) and established the charter for Operational Medicine Information Systems – Army (OMIS-A). 

“Your solutions directly support our nation’s sons and daughters when they’re wounded on the battlefield,” Mikesh, the project manager for PEO EIS’ Integrated Personnel and Pay System – Army (IPPS-A), told an audience that included former MC4 and new OMIS-A leaders. “Since 1999, MC4 Soldiers, civilians and contractors have supported the Army with excellence, and it's not lost on us that the team provided those capabilities during a period of prolonged combat operations. MC4’s solutions were not confined to an integration lab or office at Fort Detrick, but deployed around the world where Soldiers needed you.” 

MC4: BY THE NUMBERS 
Since 1999, the MC4 program has provided operational health IT solutions that support Soldiers. 

“It’s been quite a run,” Reichard, the outgoing MC4 product lead and incoming OMIS-A product lead, said about MC4. During its 25-year history, MC4 resolved more than 23,000 trouble tickets, connected to over 100,000 systems, trained 280,000 people and supported 24 million patient encounters, Reichard noted. “Those aren’t individual accomplishments,” Reichard said. “They require the commitment and hard work of a dedicated group of individuals.” 

OMIS-A MISSION: REVOLUTIONIZE OPERATIONAL HEALTH IT  
“Today is more of a program transformation ceremony and a new chapter as you begin OMIS-A,” Mikesh said. “We honor the decades of remarkable support and technical achievements supporting the medical community and our Soldiers. This organization’s history is one of transformation, innovation and collaboration.” 

“Over the past 20-plus years, the MC4 team not only rose to the challenges in software development, fielding and product sustainment, but it showed resilience and transformed to meet Army needs,” Mikesh said. “I see the spirit of innovation you bring to the table. This next chapter for OMIS-A will be anchored in the word, ‘Agile.’ The word Agile will absolutely be used to define software development, but it will also define how we adapt to changing requirements or pivot to revised Army priorities.” 

“We’re fortunate that the MC4 team’s knowledge and experience is transitioning to OMIS-A,” Reichard said. “We're building on the legacy of MC4’s accomplishments to rapidly develop and deploy innovative software solutions to revolutionize operational health IT.” 

ABOUT OMIS-A 
OMIS-A was established to modernize the Army’s electronic health record software capabilities to operational Soldiers worldwide. OMIS-A is the modernization of the MC4 program and will continue MC4’s 25-year legacy through development, integration and fielding of software capabilities to capture medical treatment data.  

Learn more about OMIS-A here.