“After nearly a year of fits and starts, the Department of Veterans Affairs has finally signed a deal with Cerner to upgrade its EHR system…”
“The agreement could face a formal protest from another EHR vendor in the next 10 days, but it won’t come from Cerner’s main competitor. Epic spokesperson Meghan Roh confirmed the vendor doesn’t plan to protest the contract, pointing to comments CEO Judy Faulkner made at HIMSS18 in March when she said “we never challenge anything.”
“However, San Diego, Calif.-based CliniComp indicated it will challenge the contract. The EHR vendor already…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA signs $10B deal with Cerner, but implementation challenges still loom large – By Evan Sweeney, May 21, 2018. Fierce Healthcare.
