“… THE LARGER TREND
The five-year $624 million MASS contract was first awarded to Epic and Lockheed Martin in 2015 – two years before Cerner had scored the massive $10 billion no-bid deal for a new EHR at the VA.
In 2016, the contract was put on hold while the VA experimented to see if the project could be accomplished with some of its own homegrown VistA software, but by 2017 the agency announced it would move forward with Epic for the scheduling technology…”
“ON THE RECORD
In a letter to VA officials earlier this month, Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, chairman of the House VA Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, called on the department to make a decision on the MASS project soon – and outlined the questions he wants answered to ensure the choice is an informed one…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA nears decision on replacing Epic scheduling system with Cerner – By Mike Miliard, December 27, 2018. Healthcare IT News.
