VA OIG Finds Patient Safety Issues With EHR Pharmacy Transition
Healthcare Innovation February 15, 2024
Legacy EHR sites may have inaccurate medication information for patients treated at both legacy and new EHR sites, Office of Inspector General finds
A Feb. 15 hearing of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization highlighted ongoing pharmacy-related patient safety issues with the transition to the new Oracle electronic health record.
Last April, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that all deployments in its EHR Modernization effort would be halted while it prioritized improvements at the five sites that currently used the new EHR, as part of a larger program reset.
David Case, deputy inspector general of the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, testified about a draft Office of Inspector General report on the pharmacy-related issues....