Sec. 737. Pilot program to test standalone technology to improve efficiencies in supply-chain management, medical readiness, and medical processes
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Defense Health Agency, shall carry out a pilot program to test and evaluate existing standalone technology for the purposes of assessing whether such standalone technology— improves efficiencies in medical supply-chain management and in military medical readiness; streamlines medical processes; improves recordation accuracy; reduces rates of needlestick injury; and enhances retention rates of military health care providers.
The pilot shall be conducted at medical facilities of the Department of Defense that the Secretary determines would enable a sufficiently thorough sample size to carry out the assessment under subsection (a). The pilot program shall terminate 36 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than 90 days after the termination of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the assessment of the Secretary under subsection (a).
In this section, the term standalone technology means a device that is capable of accomplishing the functions specified in subsection (a).