Becker's Healthcare April 21, 2023
The Department of Veterans Affairs is halting all future deployments of its Oracle Cerner EHR system until it can address problems with the system at facilities already using it, FedScoop reported April 21.
The VA said it will not conduct additional deployments of the EHR system until it is “highly functioning.”
The VA is also working with Congress on more resource allocations for the EHR program and said that it estimates that costs for fiscal year 2023 will be reduced by $400 million.
The VA’s Cerner EHR system has been only rolled out at its Spokane (Wash.) VA Health Care System; VA Walla Walla (Wash.) Health Care; Roseburg (Ore.) VA Health Care System; White City-based VA Southern Oregon...