“Government Matters presents an in-depth look at the multi-agency undertaking to modernize electronic healthcare records—from soldier to veteran. Featuring interviews with Rep. Jim Banks, Maj Gen. Lee Payne, Scott Blackburn, John Windom, Carol Harris and Stacy Cummings.”
“The Department of Veterans Affairs is more than six months in to its electronic health record modernization project. Since former Secretary David Shulkin announced the initiative in 2017, the department has been working on replacing the aging internal VistA system with a commercial off-the-shelf alternative. The next steps began when a contract with was signed with Cerner in mid-2018. Scott Blackburn was acting CIO at the agency as they took the first steps towards bridging the gap. He says that VA’s undertaking is unprecedented…” Watch the broadcast here.
Source: VA embarks on 10 year, $16B electronic health record modernization – By Andrew Wagner, January 27, 2019. Government Matters.
