“Improving communication at the Department of Veterans Affairs as it transitions onto modern technology platforms would be a top priority for President Donald Trump’s nominee for the VA Chief Information Officer, James Gfrerer. He testified before the Senate VA committee on Wednesday.”
“Gfrerer also plans to put an end to the cybersecurity vulnerabilities that have put the VA on the Office of Inspector General’s high-risk list for the last three years. Gfrerer comes from the risk and security practice of Ernst and Young…”
“Not only that, but Gfrerer would advocated for maintaining the agency’s legacy VistA EHR — which is “absolutely essential…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA CIO nominee to fix cybersecurity, EHR modernization – By Jessica Davis, September 6, 2018. Healthcare IT News.
