“Lawmakers on the House Veterans Affairs Committee want to use the must-pass 2020 defense authorization bill to advance interoperability and joint management of the electronic health records systems at the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.”
“DOD and VA both contracted to use software from commercial provider Cerner to remake their legacy health records systems. VA is replacing its homegrown Vista system through a $10 billion contract with Cerner. DOD, under a $5.4 billion contract with Leidos and Cerner, is already rolling out the Cerner-based system dubbed MHS Genesis to replace multiple legacy systems. MHS Genesis is live in multiple Pacific Northwest facilities and the next round of go-live dates is expected this fall.”
“One amendment offered by Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), the chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Technology Modernization of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, looks to empower a planned joint DOD-VA management entity with authority over ‘functional, technical, and programmatic activities that are jointly used, carried out, and shared by the Departments.’” Read the full article here.
Source: Lawmakers look to NDAA for health record push – By Adam Mazmanian, July 9, 2019. FCW.
