Electronic Health Record

Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

VA confidence in new EHR ‘shaken’ following cases of patient harm, McDonough says

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress and the vendors behind the VA’s new Electronic Health Record are renewing their scrutiny of the EHR rollout.

Veterans Affairs

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 file photo, Medical staff move a COVID-19 patient who died to a loading dock to hand off to a funeral home van, at the Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport, La. Louisiana hospitals already packed with patients from the latest coronavirus surge are now bracing for a powerful Category 4 hurricane, which is expected to crash ashore Sunday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

A tale of two agencies trying to implement a new electronic health record

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

Veterans Affairs

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Office overseeing EHR interoperability between DoD, VA not having ‘active role’ in rollout

IT Modernization

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

Veterans Affairs

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VA looking into ‘root cause’ of EHR outage that also hit DoD, Coast Guard

IT Modernization

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VA brings employees back to the office, but envisions hybrid workplace for eligible staff

Veterans Affairs

VA EHR rollout increased ‘risks for errors’ in veteran health care, watchdog warns

Veterans Affairs

Omnibus spending bill sets higher maximum salaries for some VA health care workers

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