Becker's Healthcare February 15, 2024
U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana, chair of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, said VA medical centers running on the Oracle Health EHR system have been turned “upside down.”
Mr. Rosendale made the statement during a meeting with the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Feb. 15, according to a press release from the committee. The meeting revolved around inaccuracies detected in the EHR system, which has been deployed at five VA medical centers.
“They have had to increase their pharmacy staffing by at least 20% to navigate all the bugs and workarounds — just to process roughly the same volume of prescriptions,” he told the committee about the system. “That costs millions of dollars. But these...
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