Becker's Healthcare May 1, 2023
Naomi Diaz

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ spending on its Cerner EHR system has increased by 300 percent since its inception in 2018, Bloomberg Law reported May 1.

Over the last five years, the VA has spent $5.5 billion on its EHR contract with Oracle Cerner.

In 2018, when the VA signed the EHR modernization contact with Cerner, it was estimated that it would cost $487 million. That grew to $718 million for...

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