Healthcare IT News May 7, 2025
Pressed by lawmakers about changes underway at the agency, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said the VA is addressing bureaucracy that has stymied the electronic health record modernization program.
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins told lawmakers on Tuesday, in his first Capitol Hill appearance since his confirmation in early February, that he is focused on why the VA has been considered high-risk by the Government Accountability Office – and is interested in which agency programs deliver “return on investment.”
While the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs hearing Tuesday often focused, sometimes contentiously, on the department’s staffing and contract reductions over the past three months, Collins spoke positively about breaking down internal departmental silos that he says have been hampering the...
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