New Medical Readiness System

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[JekelKat]

ALCOAST 163/08
COMDTNOTE 6150
SUBJ: IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW MEDICAL READINESS SYSTEM
1. THE COAST GUARD IS MIGRATING FROM THE CURRENT MEDICAL READINESS
SYSTEM (MRS) TO A NEW MEDICAL READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM (MRRS).
THIS SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY USED BY THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AND HAS
PROVEN TO BE A COMPREHENSIVE TOOL FOR MEDICAL READINESS TRACKING.
MRRS COMMUNICATES WITH MULTIPLE MEDICAL DATABASES RESULTING IN
DECREASED DATA ENTRY.
2. ALL DATA IN MRS WILL BE MIGRATED TO THE MRRS SYSTEM PRIOR TO
IMPLEMENTATION AND THE COAST GUARD READINESS TRACKING TOOL IN CG
CENTRAL WILL BE UPDATED DAILY.  DURING THE TRANSITION THERE WILL BE
READINESS DATA RESULT DELAYS IN CG CENTRAL.  THESE DELAYS ARE
TEMPORARY AND THE CORRECT INFORMATION WILL BE REFLECTED IN CG
CENTRAL WITHIN 1 WEEK OF MRRS DATA INPUT.  THE DATA DELAYS BETWEEN
MRRS AND CG CENTRAL WILL BE FULLY RESOLVED ONCE THE ENTIRE CG HAS
CONVERTED TO MRRS.
3. MULTIPLE TRAINING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE. TRAINING MAY BE
COMPLETED VIA THE MRRS WEBSITE http://HTTPS://MRRS.SSCNO.NMCI.NAVY.MIL
(ALL LOWER CASE), ON THE JOB TRAINING, AND LIVE WEBCAST. FOR DATES
AND AVAILABILITY OF LIVE WEBCAST TRAINING PLEASE CONTACT YOUR MLC
MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM STAFF.
4. TRAINING SHALL BE COMPLETED BY ALL HEALTH SERVICE TECHNICIANS
(HS) BY 25 APRIL 2008. THE TRAINING IS DESIGNED TO LAST
APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS. MRRS WILL BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED AND MRS
ACCESS WILL BE TERMINATED ON 1 MAY 2008.
5. INDEPENDENT DUTY HS (IDHS) ONBOARD CUTTERS WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY
DONE SO, NEED TO COORDINATE WITH THEIR COMPUTER ADMINISTRATORS TO
HAVE COMMON ACCESS CARDS (CAC) READERS INSTALLED ON THEIR STANDARD
WORKSTATIONS.
6. ALL CLINICS HAVE SECURITY OFFICERS THAT CAN PROVIDE PRIMARY
SUPPORT TO THE USERS IN THEIR AOR FOR ACCESS ISSUES AND PASSWORD
RESETS. IF THE CLINIC SECURITY OFFICER IS NOT AVAILABLE, CONTACT
THE MRRS HELP DESK AT (800) 537-4617 FROM 0800-1630 CST TUESDAY -
SATURDAY.
7. FOR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THE POC FOR MLCLANT IS HSC JOHN
PAYAHSAPE, E-MAIL JOHN.D.PAYAHSAPE(AT)USCG.MIL OR 757-628-4345.
POC FOR MLCPAC IS MR. DAVID BONACHEA, E-MAIL DAVID.M.BONACHEA(AT)
USCG.MIL OR 510-637-1190, AND HEADQUARTERS CWO REBECCA VINLOVE,
E-MAIL REBECCA.P.VINLOVE(AT)USCG.MIL OR 202-475-5191 OR HSCS
CHARLES REICH E-MAIL CHARLES.A.REICH(AT)USCG.MIL OR 202-475-5175.
8. CAPTAIN LORI MATHIEU, ACTING DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, SAFETY, AND
WORK-LIFE SENDS.
9. INTERNET RELEASE IS AUTHORIZED.

[Doc Fester]

"Decreased data entry" my ass.  Talk about shooting ourselves in the foot.  PeopleSoft was a pain to learn, had virtually no support and took a few years to work the bugs out of.  Now that it works well and everyone knows how to use it, they shoot us this unguided missle.

MRRS has huge potential at first glance.  Take another look.  Are your HIV draws (which used to be requested and reported via HMS Loader) getting updated in CG Central off of the feed from MRRS?  Hell no!  Are the vaccinations that were entered in PS accurately being fed into MRRS?  Hell no!  And are those immunizations causing problems for the commands you service from *******s who already second guess their every move?  You bet.  Who gets to work out all the bugs and do the corrective data entry?  We do. 

I feel bad for that OinC who relies on us to keep this **** straight for him/her.  They are the ones that get angry phone calls from some jerk off at their Sector telling them how poorly their "numbers" reflect on the entire Sector.

I look forward to the next two or so years learning how to make this work.  By that time, we'll probably move onto something else.

[PaulR]

I actually like MRRS.  I just wish that they would combine MRRS and DENCAS, so that we could kill that second program.   I heard a rumor that there is a plan to integrate the OMSEP program onto MRRS as well.

My big malfunction is with the PGUI program.  I am having some major issues getting it down.