Becker's Healthcare March 9, 2022
A glitch related to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cerner EHR forced a medical center, associated clinics and a healthcare system to halt operations, The Wall Street Journal reported March 8.
Spokane, Wash.-based Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, its associated clinics and the Columbus-based Central Ohio Healthcare System had to stop admitting patients and resort to paper records as the glitch, discovered March 3 during a software update, rendered an entire computer system unusable.
The VA had to shut the system down for 21 hours between Thursday and Friday to conduct an investigation, which revealed that...
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