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Senate Democrats join calls for pause on new VA EHR rollouts until metrics improve

Top Democrats on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are planning to introduce legislation that would pause the VA’s troubled rollout of a new Electronic…

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VA EHR linked to veterans ‘fatally harmed,’ senators say, but agency still sees way forward for project

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VBA sees automation tools as ‘game-changer’ to keep up with record workload

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VA hired 59,000 employees this fiscal year, but still struggles with workforce shortages

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5 more takeaways from VA’s EHR strategic review

The Department of Veterans Affairs released a 36-page “comprehensive lessons learned” report this week, which details its findings from its recent electronic…

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

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it will no longer deploy the new electronic health record on a regional basis. Instead, it will make deployment…

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

The inspector general at the Department of Veterans Affairs delivered a double-edged blow to VA’s electronic health record modernization efforts this week, detailing failures with employee training on the new system and another round of unreliable cost estimates for the project.

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