Becker's Healthcare November 11, 2021
Rep. Kim Schrier, MD, D-Wash., warned Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough that the Cerner EHR rollout has negatively affected patients’ care and caused burnout among clinicians after she visited a VA clinic in Wenatchee, Wash., The Spokesman-Review reported Nov. 10.
Six things to know:
- The clinic, which is connected to Spokane, Wash.-based Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, deployed Cerner’s EHR in October 2020, and it has been at the center of controversy. After this rollout, the VA paused deployments and will not pick them back up until spring 2022.
- She sent a letter to Mr. McDonough stating that she met with the staff, who said the new EHR made it harder for them to provide patients with...
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