Physicians unable to access patient data from VA’s EHR system
Becker's Healthcare February 2, 2022
The Department of Veteran Affairs’ migrated data, transferred during the rollout of its new EHR, failed to meet physicians’ needs, FedScoop reported Feb. 1.
An audit, conducted by the Government Accountability Office from August 2019 to February 2022, detailed the challenges physicians faced trying to access patient data as the department failed to monitor data accessibility, accuracy and appropriateness during the migration from the VA National Data Center to Cerner’s data center.
Physicians reported being unable to access patient information like...