Frank Mrvan

VA watchdogs raise alarms about steps missed screening hires with drug felonies

Federal watchdogs have found several gaps in how VA screens candidates for healthcare jobs — including identifying when it hires employees with a drug…

Hiring/Retention

VHA on track to meet 2023 staffing targets, but House lawmakers urge further hiring reforms

Hiring/Retention

Lawmakers closing ranks on a bipartisan bill to fix VA’s troubled EHR rollout

IT Modernization

In this May 29, 2017 photo, Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Bost speaks to veterans at VFW Post 4183 in Belleville, Ill. Democrat Brendan Kelly is trying to retake a Southern Illinois House seat that Democrats held for more than 30 years before Bost won it in 2014. (Steve Nagy/Belleville News-Democrat, via AP)

House lawmakers pan VA EHR as ‘bad investment’ with upcoming $39B cost estimate

Veterans Affairs

(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

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

Veterans Affairs

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

Veterans Affairs

(Spokane VA Medical Center Photo)

Congress fears VA is ‘moving on’ amid persistent EHR challenges, low employee morale at initial go-live site

Veterans Affairs

After underreporting billions, VA will launch new initiative to review EHR’s costs

Veterans Affairs

Few VA employees easily navigating new EHR after training, months of use, auditors say

Veterans Affairs

VA’s unreliable infrastructure estimates raise more questions about EHR’s cost

Veterans Affairs

VA vows to pause EHR rollout at future sites until strategic review is complete

Veterans Affairs

VA launches strategic review, considers schedule changes amid concerns with new EHR

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said the department will launch a strategic review of the electronic health records modernization program, following…

Veterans Affairs