Healthcare IT News July 15, 2022
Mike Miliard

The VA Office of Inspector General cites nearly 150 adverse events connected to a routing glitch, and says “insufficient mitigations” and “continued risk to patient safety” leave it with big concerns about the so-called “unknown queue.”

The final version of the VA Office of Inspector General’s report on the electronic health record deployment at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center was published on July 14.

As was noted when a draft of the report was released this past month, the VA watchdog undertook a rigorous review of the new Veterans Health Administration EHR, and found 149 instances of patient harm (mostly characterized as “minor,” but with a couple significant adverse events detailed by the IG) related to an element of the Oracle...

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