“Proposed budget cuts to IT projects could undercut healthcare IT infrastructure modernization requirements of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a key senator is warning.”
“In a Jan. 11 letter sent to recently confirmed Veterans Affairs (VA) Assistant Secretary of Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer James Gfrerer, Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), ranking Democrat on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said that “drastic cuts” in the VA’s IT budget proposed by the Trump administration for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 could prevent the VA from carrying out needed healthcare IT infrastructure investment…”
“The senator called on Gfrerer to ensure that the VA does not repeat past mistakes in implementing the new EHR system. The newly created Office of Electronic Health Record Management has responsibility for the implementation…” Read the full article here.
Source: Senator Criticizes Cuts to VA Health IT Infrastructure Budget – By Fred Donovan, January 18, 2019. HIT Infrastructure.
