Kristen Smith 
- Three Oklahoma facilities moved to the Oracle Health platform on Sept. 26
- The EHR system is built fully on the cloud
- The Potomac Officers Club will host the 2026 Healthcare Summit on Dec. 3
General Dynamics Information Technology has brought the Indian Health Service’s new electronic health record system online, starting with three facilities in Oklahoma that serve 23,000 patients.
Lawton Indian Hospital, Anadarko Indian Health Center and Carnegie Indian Health Center moved to PATH EHR on Sept. 26, running the Oracle Health platform in a cloud environment, the Falls Church, Virginia, company said Monday. GDIT describes the platform as the first federal electronic health record system engineered fully on a cloud-native framework. Deployments will continue across IHS and tribal facilities in 37 states to reach 2.8 million American Indian and Alaska Native patients.
Federal health agencies head into fiscal 2027 weighing how to acquire and deploy digital tools across their missions. The Potomac Officers Club will host the 2026 Healthcare Summit on Dec. 3 in Virginia, where leaders from HHS, the Defense Health Agency and the Veterans Health Administration will take up AI governance, data privacy and expanding access to care. Save your seat now.
What Capabilities Does PATH EHR Offer?
The platform is designed to deliver clinical capabilities and data mobility for providers, staff and patients:
- Clinical Capabilities: Enables emergency care personnel to access system-wide IHS records during triage, allows behavioral health specialists to track therapy progress and permits pharmacists to execute drug interaction checks prior to dispensing.
- Data Mobility & Engagement: Integrates an updated patient portal connecting clinicians, administrative staff and patients while ensuring medical records are accessible across facilities.
What Does PATH EHR Replace?
The system is beginning to replace the Resource and Patient Management System, which has supported IHS care for more than 40 years, said Mitchell Thornbrugh, the agency’s chief information officer. He called it the first step toward putting modern, connected tools in providers’ hands.
Kamal Narang, GDIT senior vice president for federal health, said providers will have a “single, modern health record that follows the patient wherever they receive care.” Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, said the work gives clinicians a “more complete picture of each patient’s health.”
Verma, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is a Wash100 Award recipient.
What Is the Contract Behind the PATH EHR Work?
IHS awarded GDIT a potential 10-year, $2.5 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in November 2023 to replace its platform with a cloud-based enterprise system from Oracle Health, hosted in a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-approved environment. The vehicle carries a five-year base period and five option years.
The award came alongside other federal health work that year, including a potential seven-year, $450 million contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to manage and modernize the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System, which handles up to $2 trillion in annual healthcare payouts.
How Does the PATH EHR Launch Fit GDIT’s Strategy?
GDIT ties the deployment to its Vision, Innovation and Acceleration, or VIA, strategy, which focuses on investing in strategic market segments such as the battlespace of the future, smart government modernization and border security; expanding technology platforms; strengthening commercial partnerships; enhancing business execution; and developing an AI-enabled workforce.
The company credits its predecessor technology investment strategy, launched in 2023, with generating $18.3 billion in new business and recompete awards through a Digital Accelerator portfolio spanning AI, cloud, cyber, 5G, digital engineering and quantum. It has added 40 emerging technology firms to its partner ecosystem and is running more than 60 proof-of-concept projects.
Amy Johnson became GDIT president Nov. 3, taking over from Amy Gilliland, who introduced the VIA strategy before leaving in October after nine years leading the business. Johnson moved over from General Dynamics Mission Systems, where she ran the space, cyber and intelligence systems division.
Gilliland is a nine-time Wash100 Award winner.
