Becker's Healthcare June 5, 2019
Jackie Drees

While developing interoperable EHR systems between the Department of Veteran Affairs and Department of Defense “carries risk,” Cerner executive Travis Dalton said progress is being made on the project, according to Military.com.

The VA formed a 10-year partnership with Cerner in 2018 to develop and deploy an EHR across its care network. The contract is worth $16 billion. The DOD is also under contract with Cerner, which aims to develop and rollout the agency’s new EHR by 2022.

“This undertaking is immense. It carries risk, and we don’t take the challenges lightly,” said Mr. Dalton, Cerner’s president of government services, at a June 4 House...

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Topics: EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), Provider, Technology, VA / DoD
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