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Officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs were enthusiastic about the recent go-live of the new electronic health record, which VA deployed to the Mann Grandstaff Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, two weeks ago.
Veterans Affairs is going live with an initial set of electronic health record capabilities at its first site. The rollout is an achievement after years of preparations, but may not serve as an indicator of the long-term modernization prospects.
The Defense Department will also begin using the Department of Veterans Affairs' Video Connect platform later this fall for telehealth visits in the military health system. The Video Connect platform is responsible for an 1000% increase in VA telehealth appointments since the pandemic began in mid-March.
After multiple delays, the Department of Veterans Affairs is roughly three weeks away from the initial rollout of its electronic health record modernization program at its first site.
In today's Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group of senators is pushing for more funding for the National Institutes of Health.
The Veterans Affairs-Defense Department electronic health record project is more than a patient wiki.
Since April, the Veterans Affairs and Defense Departments have been fielding what they call bi-directional health records sharing with outside healthcare providers.
In two separate reports, VA's inspector general describes opportunities the department missed to learn from DoD's rocky EHR rollout in the Pacific Northwest.
The Department of Veterans Affairs was on track to roll out an initial set of electronic health record capabilities at its first site in Spokane, Washington, in July. But the coronavirus pandemic has paused those plans indefinitely.
Members on the House Veterans Affairs Committee say they plan to double down on their oversight of VA's electronic health record modernization amid a recent decision to delay the initial rollout.
The department had planned to deploy the multibillion dollar EHR at its first site in Spokane, Washington, next month. Officials said they would announce a new schedule "in the coming weeks."
Defense health IT officials say they're seeing only about one-third the number of trouble tickets as they encountered during the initial wave of MHS Genesis deployments.
Lawmakers are concerned the Department of Veterans Affairs didn't do its due diligence in making the decision to adopt a new scheduling system from Cerner, the same contractor both the VA and Pentagon are using to overhaul their electronic health records.
The launch adds four new bases to the embattled GENESIS electronic health record system.