“House lawmakers on Wednesday demanded the Veterans Affairs Department explain a $350 million cost hike to its $15.8 billion electronic health record overhaul just six months into the project…”
“But the agency now expects the modernization effort to set it back more than $16.1 billion…”
“John Windom, the executive director of the agency’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Office, attributed the overrun to the agency’s decision to not include…” Read the full article here.
Source: Just six months into the project, VA’s most important modernization effort is getting more expensive – By Jack Corrigan, November 14, 2018. Nextgov.
