Healthcare IT News October 25, 2021
Members of a House appropriations subcommittee also sounded the alarm about the cost of the program and cybersecurity issues at the agency.
Representatives from the Veterans Administration faced concerns from legislators this past week around patient-safety issues associated with the agency’s Cerner electronic health record modernization initiative.
“At the end of the day, this whole undertaking is about improving patient care,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., in a House Appropriations Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on Thursday.
WHY IT MATTERS
Wasserman Schultz noted that the VA’s first rollout of its new EHR took place one year ago this month, at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Washington.
The VA had initially...
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