“Cerner Corp. executives reassured lawmakers on Tuesday that it’s on schedule to launch the Veterans Affairs Department’s electronic health record system, but said it has hit snags due to lack of coordination with the Defense Department.”
“The first VA sites of care will launch the EHR next year as scheduled, but Travis Dalton, Cerner’s president of government services, acknowledged there have been delays in designing the system. His team is meeting daily to make these decisions…”
“Executives from Cerner, Leidos and Booz Allen Hamilton—the three main contractors leading the VA and the Defense Department’s EHR rollouts—appeared at Tuesday’s hearing to address concerns related to the EHR development process and the VA’s go-live timeline.”
“The VA will implement the same EHR version as the Defense Department, which kicked off its EHR go-live with Cerner in 2017. Using the same system will simplify recordkeeping for military members who transition to the VA system. The plan has required ongoing co-development and collaboration between the two agencies.” Read the full article here.
Source: Cerner calls for greater VA, Defense collaboration on EHR project – By Jessica Kim Cohen, June 4, 2019. Modern Healthcare.
