Becker's Healthcare July 17, 2020
Jackie Drees

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ has experienced various developments in its $16 billion EHR implementation project this year, from schedule delays and leadership changes to the launch of its new health information exchange.

In May 2018, VA finalized a $10 billion contract with Cerner to develop an EHR that will be interoperable with the U.S. Defense Department’s system.

Here is a timeline of the project’s developments so far in 2020:

Jan. 3: VA awards a five-year, $35 million task order to Liberty IT Solutions, which provides technology transformation services to government agencies, to support its EHR modernization program.

Jan. 29: Ahead of its anticipated March 28 EHR go live, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray pens a letter to Richard Stone, MD,...

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