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A nomination hearing for chief information officer at the Veterans Affairs Department comes as half of senior leadership positions within the VA's Electronic Health Record Modernization Office are empty.
August 29, 2018 -
New House Veterans Affairs Technology Modernization Subcommittee Chairman Jim Banks (R-Ind.) offered a preview of his oversight plans for VA's electronic health record initiative.
August 09, 2018 -
Justification documents published by the Pentagon Tuesday increase the ceiling value of the MHS Genesis contract to $5.5 billion.
July 25, 2018 -
The Veterans Affairs Department says it will begin deployment of a new electronic health record at three sites in the Pacific Northwest in October, and the system will be implemented at those sites by March 2020.
June 26, 2018 -
Commentator Edward Francis Meagher predicts a debacle will occur over the VA's contract to Cerner for a replacement electronic health record for its Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture.
May 31, 2018 -
The Pentagon says it's seen progress since the department's independent testing office found the military's electronic health record system is not "operationally suitable."
May 22, 2018 -
The Veterans Affair and Defense department are taking on something that rarely succeeds — changing culture and technology all at once.
May 18, 2018 -
Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie described the development as one of the biggest IT contracts in federal government.
May 17, 2018 -
Developers, integrators, users and administrators at the Defense Department need to focus on the results and not give up or complain to one another.
May 14, 2018 -
The departure of Scott Blackburn as acting chief information officer creates another gaping hole among top leaders at the Veterans Affairs Department.
April 17, 2018 -
The Coast Guard joins VA in agreeing to adopt the commercial EHR DoD has already selected, but implementation details remain unclear.
April 10, 2018 -
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said he regretted the distractions that recent reports have created.
March 15, 2018 -
Defense officials acknowledge early challenges in EHR deployment, but have no plans to delay further implementation
March 09, 2018 -
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Thursday he would reimburse the U.S. Treasury for his wife's travel expenses and instead wanted to turn attention back to veterans issues. VA is requesting a $12 billion budget increase for 2019.
February 15, 2018 -
The first users of DoD's new electronic health record call the system "life-changing," but several years remain before it's deployed worldwide.
November 20, 2017