Becker's Healthcare August 28, 2023
Naomi Diaz

Kurt DelBene, CIO of the Department of Veterans Affairs, said despite the troubles the department has had with its $16 billion Oracle Cerner EHR rollout, he is still “cautiously optimistic” about it, FedScoop reported Aug. 25.

Mr. DelBene said that the department’s initial rollout of the Oracle Cerner EHR system was “pretty aggressive,” but that the VA has learned a lot about the deployment through the five VA sites currently using the system.

He said the five sites running the Cerner EHR system — Spokane (Wash.) VA Health Care System; VA Walla Walla (Wash.) Health Care; Roseburg (Ore.) VA Health Care System; White City-based VA Southern Oregon Health Care; and Whitehall-based VA Central Ohio Health Care System — have...

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