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Federal News Radio: Pentagon struggles with change management, governance during EHR rollout, as VA looks on

“The Pentagon said it’s made progress since the department’s independent Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) declared the $4.3 billion electronic health record system is “neither operationally effective nor operationally suitable” for any further deployments across DoD’s global health care network.”

“And now that the Veterans Affairs Department finalized its own contract with Cerner Corporation for a $10 billion electronic health record that’s interoperable with the military’s system, all eyes are on the Defense Department…”

“Since the Pentagon began its stabilization and adoption plan in January, it’s learned some key lessons about how the department trains MHS Genesis users…” Read the full article here.

Source: Pentagon struggles with change management, governance during EHR rollout, as VA looks on – By Nicole Ogrysko, May 22, 2018. Federal News Radio.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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