“During a House Committee on Appropriations meeting yesterday, Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin, MD, defended his agency’s caution towards its electronic health records (EHR) overhaul.”
“The biggest news about the planned Cerner deal, however, came from the people asking the questions.”
“We are talking about a $16 billion project that will take a very long time,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) said in an opening statement…”
“Shulkin did not dispute the $16 billion mentioned, and it is unclear where the additional $6 billion comes from or what it represents. The Secretary did provide some detail about where the deal is being held up…” Read the full article here.
Source: Has the VA/Cerner Deal Ballooned From $10B to $16B? – By Ryan Black, March 16, 2018. Healthcare Analytics News.
