Becker's Healthcare December 2, 2021
Jackie Drees

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to pick up deployment of its $16 billion Cerner EHR system in early 2022 after the project was paused earlier this year because of inadequate training and safety concerns.

The VA launched a strategic review of its EHR modernization program in March and paused deployment activities for the project in April. The department initially went live on the EHR in October 2020 at its first site, Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., but employees expressed usability and productivity concerns with the new system.

The VA’s new plan for the rollout addresses challenges documented in its Comprehensive Lessons Learned report, which it submitted to Congress after finishing its strategic review of...

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