“Officials with the Department of Veterans Affairs touted progress on the agency’s 10-year, $16 billion electronic health records modernization push, but appropriators still have concerns about the multi-billion-dollar project.”
“At a Feb. 26 House Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) called achieving interoperability with the Department of Defense’s health records system “this committee’s top priority…”
“Democrats voiced concerns about the impacts of the Trump administration’s changes on federal agency workforce rules as well as the thousands of job vacancies throughout the VA…” Read the full article here.
Source: Lawmakers press VA officials on EHR modernization, workforce – By Chase Gunter, February 26, 2019. FCW.
