EHR modernization

VA secretary urges EHR rollout to continue, but ‘very concerned’ about system outages

The VA’s new Electronic Health Record is now running at a third location, although lawmakers remain concerned about future rollouts.

Veterans Affairs

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, a video surveillance camera is installed on the ceiling above a subway platform in the Court Street station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. State lawmakers across the U.S. are reconsidering the tradeoffs of facial recognition technology amid civil rights and racial bias concerns. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Biden administration trying to find happy medium when it comes to facial recognition

Federal Newscast

House lawmakers seek VA EHR pause, ‘gravely concerned’ for patient safety

Veterans Affairs

With deployments ramping up next year, senators seek more transparency on VA EHR

Veterans Affairs

VA resuming EHR deployments in March, restructuring management of massive project

Veterans Affairs

Nominee to be VA’s new CIO would inherit new cyber strategy

Veterans Affairs

True costs of troubled VA EHR project are ‘no longer clear,’ appropriators concede

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Delta variant has forced some agencies to adjust return-to-work plans

Federal Newscast

After underreporting billions, VA will launch new initiative to review EHR’s costs

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Lawmakers directing ire at VA over another struggling IT project

Reporter's Notebook

VA will pause EHR deployments through at least 2021, department says

Veterans Affairs

‘Missteps were ours,’ VA’s McDonough says of initial EHR rollout

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it will no longer deploy the new electronic health record on a regional basis. Instead, it will make deployment…

Veterans Affairs

Few VA employees easily navigating new EHR after training, months of use, auditors say

The inspector general at the Department of Veterans Affairs delivered a double-edged blow to VA’s electronic health record modernization efforts this week,…

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VA’s EHR strategic review is complete, but path forward isn’t quite ready for primetime

Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs has finished its highly-anticipated strategic review of the electronic health record modernization program, but it needs more time to digest the details and finalize a path forward.