“A top executive of the company charged with steering the adoption of commercial health record technology at the Department of Veterans Affairs said that governance between VA and the Department of Defense remains a concern.”
“Plans to create a body with authority to settle disputes and guide joint implementation of the Cerner Millennium health record software across the two departments are stalled…”
“Already, contractors have been taking a lead role in coming up with solutions to solve pressing interagency concerns. Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), who chairs the subcommittee, cited a contractor-driven plan to allow for VA users to access the Cerner system and expressed concern that contractors were adopting “workarounds” for governance issues that should be handled by VA and DOD officials.”
“David Waltman, a Cerner executive who formerly served as chief information strategy officer for the Veterans Health Administration and led the project to modernize the home-grown health record system Vista, said that the access problem was complicated and doesn’t represent a failure of leadership.” Read the full article here.
Source: Contractors still looking for leadership on joint health record project – By Adam Mazmanian, June 6, 2019. FCW.
