Healthcare IT News February 1, 2023
The legislation seeks to end the Oracle Cerner electronic health record rollout and reinstate VistA. Another bill, meanwhile, would only allow new EHRM go-lives after certain clinical certifications.
Citing billions more to be spent over the next several years by the Department of Veterans Affairs on a new electronic health record system that has been fraught with implementation struggles, Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, say he wants to stop the rollout of the Oracle Cerner EHR system as soon as possible.
WHY IT MATTERS
As he enters his second term serving the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Rosendale will now chair the Subcommittee on Technology Modernization legislative, which oversees and has investigative jurisdiction over the VA’s enterprise technology modernization programs and projects.
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