Healthcare IT News July 26, 2022
“While I fully appreciate substantial challenges exist,” he said of the rocky Cerner Oracle rollout, which has been put on pause, “the fact is that more is working than is not.”
The Electronic Health Record Modernization program initiated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is among the most complex IT projects in history, with a timeline stretching over a decade and carrying, at present, at least, a $16 billion price tag.
The ambitious project has faced numerous operating challenges that have allegedly placed patients at risk. The program’s expansion has been put on pause until 2023, while these safety risks are sorted out.
With Oracle having completed its $28.3 billion acquisition of Cerner in June, Mike Sicilia, executive vice...
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