Mental Health Suite Software Licenses and Maintenance Support

VA Office of Information and Technology
(OIT), Information Technology Operations and Services, Service Management Planning
has a requirement for the renewal of 155 DSS MHS term software licenses, software
maintenance and Tier 3 technical support for use at healthcare facilities throughout the
nation. The 155 DSS brand name MHS term software licenses are needed to cover 67
Large Hospitals; 68 Medium Hospitals; and 20 Small Hospital licenses. VA requires a
software system that facilitates treatment planning in mental health care settings and
that interfaces with VA's Veterans Health Information System Technology Architecture
(VistA) and its Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS). The existing DSS brand
name MHS software facilitates such treatment planning as it interfaces with CPRS and
VistA to allow VA mental health clinicians to use the graphical user interface (GUI)
functionality to easily enter information related to the Veteran's mental health care (e.g.,
problems and medications). The software interface also allows for seamlessly
documenting the completed treatment plan in the CPRS Progress Note Tab and
completing the VistA clinical encounter in the Veteran's electronic health record (EHR).
In addition, the DSS brand name MHS software allows multiple clinicians to contribute
to the same treatment plans, making possible true interdisciplinary care planning.