“Recently departed acting Department of Veteran Affairs CIO Scott Blackburn said a proposed contract with Cerner to develop a modernized electronic health records system will move forward despite a recent leadership upheaval at the agency.”
“I think when Secretary Shulkin left, you have to give the new folks — whether its acting Secretary [Robert] Wilkie or hopefully soon-to-be Secretary [Ronny] Jackson — a little bit of time to understand what they are signing,” he said. “But the majority of the team is still in place…”
“He said despite his departure, the VA will still be moving forward with its efforts to embrace open application programming interfaces from developers, as well as an anticipated consolidation of VA.gov and…” Read the full article here.
Source: Departed VA CIO Blackburn says Cerner EHR contract will proceed, despite leadership changes – By Carten Cordell, April 24, 2018. FedScoop.
