Federal News Network September 6, 2023
David Whitmer

There is one thing all parties agree with when it comes to the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record (EHR) program — modernization is needed and must happen. This is a critical aspect of digital transformation the entire agency is progressing through on its way to becoming a high reliability organization.

The public focus of EHR modernization has been on configuring a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) solution that blends all the requirements that are unique to the VA, with a system that is widely used in the commercial sector, and at the same time is able to transmit data with the newly deployed EHR used by the Department of Defense.

After more than 5 years, $10 billion spent, and only...

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