“It will be 2028 when the Department of Veterans Affairs fully develops and implements its modernized and interoperable electronic health record across if all goes as planned. And though there has been demand — and some opportunities — for the VA to speed up that timeline, the program’s leaders said Wednesday they want to keep things slow and steady, at least for now…”
“Windom said “we weighed the risk to supporting our veterans with the implementation strategy of commercial and DOD [use cases]” to set the pace. The Department of Defense’s MHS Genesis EHR buildout, for instance, is scheduled to take seven years to develop across 55 medical centers. The VA is following DOD’s path of development east across the U.S. to take advantage of lessons learned and ensure interoperability, but it’s doing so at a much greater scale, implementing its EHR at more than 170 medical centers in just three more years’ time.”
“Windom’s worry is not about the technology — it’s about the culture, training and successful adoption…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA holding back speed of EHR development to benefit veterans, leaders say – By Billy Mitchell. March 6, 2019. FedScoop.
