Military.com March 29, 2023
The Department of Veterans Affairs is reviewing the $16 billion contract for its electronic health records system, oversight that could halt the troubled rollout of the system to VA facilities, Secretary Denis McDonough said Wednesday.
At issue is the VA’s Millennium Electronic Health Records program, built by Oracle Cerner. The system has been introduced at several sites, but continued expansion has been paused as the company works to solve ongoing problems with it that include stoppages, user difficulties and harm to patients.
During a hearing on the VA budget before a House Appropriations subcommittee, McDonough said the next system deployment, expected this summer in Saginaw, Michigan, will largely depend on the contract review.
“Depending on what happens in the contract,...
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