Modern Healthcare August 7, 2020
Jessica Kim Cohen

The Veterans Affairs Department has restarted the rollout of its multibillion-dollar electronic health record project after pausing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The VA had planned to bring its first site—Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Wash.—live on a new Cerner Corp. EHR in March, but pushed back the deployment just a few weeks before the scheduled go-live date, saying it needed more time to build the system. Then, in April, the VA paused the EHR rollout on account of COVID-19.

The VA on Friday confirmed the agency’s Office of Electronic Health Record Modernization is working with Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center to implement the system in October.

“After a period of delay during which (Veterans Affairs medical centers) focused on their...

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