Healthcare DIVE July 25, 2024
Emily Olsen

Deployments of the new electronic health record have largely been on hold, except for the recent launch at a medical center in Illinois. Agency and Oracle officials said the rollout went well.

Dive Brief:

  • Lawmakers raised concerns about resuming deployments of the Oracle electronic health record at Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities during a House subcommittee hearing this week.
  • The recent launch of the new EHR at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, a joint VA and Department of Defense facility in Illinois, went well, VA and Oracle officials testified. New deployments of the EHR have largely been on hold for more than a year to improve the system’s reliability and performance.
  • However,...

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