“President Donald Trump ousted Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD, last week, after about a month of reports of agency infighting and that found Shulkin was on poor terms with the President.”
“While there’s still a lot to be determined for the VA, one of the most pressing issues is Shulkin didn’t sign the contract with Cerner to replace the agency’s legacy VistA EHR system before he was fired.”
“So we asked Healthcare IT News readers what they thought…”
“Most respondents spoke to not only the usability, but also worried the features required for veteran health concerns aren’t standard with COTs platforms. And those who want to keep VistA in place said they feel hiring programmers to support and repair VistA will be much more cost-effective…”
“Those users in favor of dumping VistA and the Cerner contract suggested…” Read the full article here.
Source: The results are in: Users say VA officials should keep VistA EHR, not sign with Cerner – By Jessica Davis, April 6, 2018. Healthcare IT News.
