Health IT Analytics March 8, 2023
After two years of strife, the VA Deputy Secretary decided to step away, and DEA officials are proposing new telemedicine rules that will limit prescriptions of controlled substances.
In the news this week, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) took another blow to its EHR modernization (EHRM) project after the man in charge of running the campaign stepped down. Meanwhile, the DEA plans on putting an end to the lax prescribing policies of the pandemic.
VA DEPUTY SECRETARY STEPS DOWN, LEAVES EHR PROJECT
VA deputy secretary Donald Remy announced that he would be leaving the department after overseeing the fitful Oracle-Cerner EHR modernization rollout. Remy’s tenure began in 2021 after the EHR project was initially delayed by Secretary Denis McDonough....