“WILL VA DELAY CERNER IMPLEMENTATION — OR NOT?
More sources have confirmed our recent story that the VA plans to partially delay rolling out the Cerner EHR in the Pacific Northwest, but a VA spokesperson said no announcement is imminent. And we’re told that Secretary Robert Wilkie, who wrote last month that the rollout was starting as planned by next April, isn’t eager to retreat.
The latest plan, according to two well-placed sources, is to start the rollout in late March at the Level 3 Mann-Grandstaff Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., while holding off implementation at two Puget Sound-area installations until October. Implementation leaders have told their staff this plan, we’ve been told, but it isn’t in writing. Problems related to imaging software — not as crucial in Spokane, which offers limited specialty care — are holding up progress in the larger Seattle-area installations, two sources said.” Read the full newsletter here.
Source: Cyber-themed telehealth bill on the horizon – By Mohana Ravindranath, September 6, 2019, POLITICO Morning eHealth.
