Cerner

Costly, complex, weaknesses: Not great words for VA’s electronic health record project

The new EHR has proven to be a heavy lift, especially when it comes to a realistic and enforceable schedule.

Veterans Affairs

VA secretary urges EHR rollout to continue, but ‘very concerned’ about system outages

Veterans Affairs

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, a video surveillance camera is installed on the ceiling above a subway platform in the Court Street station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. State lawmakers across the U.S. are reconsidering the tradeoffs of facial recognition technology amid civil rights and racial bias concerns. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Biden administration trying to find happy medium when it comes to facial recognition

Federal Newscast

House lawmakers seek VA EHR pause, ‘gravely concerned’ for patient safety

Veterans Affairs

Healthcare workers transport a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit at the Hospital das Clinicas in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Friday, March 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jefferson Bernardes)

IG: VA may have to use data better to ensure resources go where they’re needed

Federal Newscast

(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Oracle buys medical records company behind VA’s EHR modernization for $28B

Technology

VA resuming EHR deployments in March, restructuring management of massive project

Veterans Affairs

Why VA’s $16B (and counting) Electronic Health Record Modernization is doomed

Commentary

DoD’s new electronic health record rollout is now about one-third complete

The latest “go-live” for MHS Genesis installations nearly doubled the system’s footprint in a single day. It stands at 42,000 active users.

Defense

electronic health record, EHR, veterans affairs, VA

IG: Veterans Affairs may have overlooked cost of physical improvements needed for EHR

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ inspector general said the agency initially underestimated the costs of physical infrastructure…

Federal Newscast

The path to success for VA’s health record modernization

Commentary

Anthony Principi, who served as secretary of Veterans Affairs from 2001 to 2005 and is a member of the Cerner Government Advisory Board, explains why the strategic pause for VA makes sense to further ensure the future of the new EHRM.

Cerner

Costly, complex, weaknesses: Not great words for VA’s electronic health record project

VA secretary urges EHR rollout to continue, but ‘very concerned’ about system outages

Biden administration trying to find happy medium when it comes to facial recognition

House lawmakers seek VA EHR pause, ‘gravely concerned’ for patient safety

IG: VA may have to use data better to ensure resources go where they’re needed

Oracle buys medical records company behind VA’s EHR modernization for $28B

VA resuming EHR deployments in March, restructuring management of massive project

Why VA’s $16B (and counting) Electronic Health Record Modernization is doomed

VA will pause EHR deployments through at least 2021, department says

5 more takeaways from VA’s EHR strategic review

‘Missteps were ours,’ VA’s McDonough says of initial EHR rollout

DoD’s new electronic health record rollout is now about one-third complete

IG: Veterans Affairs may have overlooked cost of physical improvements needed for EHR

The path to success for VA’s health record modernization