Healthcare Informatics June 27, 2018
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to begin deployment of a new $16 billion electronic health record (EHR) system at three sites in the Pacific Northwest—Spokane, Seattle and American Lakes, all in Washington—in October 2018 with a goal of full capability by March 2020, according to VA officials.
During a House Committee on Veterans Affairs hearing Tuesday, Acting VA Secretary Peter O’Rourke updated lawmakers on the initial stages and planning for the VA EHR modernization project as the agency transitions from its aging legacy VistA system, which it’s been using for several decades, to a new Cerner EHR system.
The much-anticipated EHR modernization contract between the VA and Cerner was finally signed on May 17, after a delay...
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