VA EHR modernization

Costly, complex, weaknesses: Not great words for VA’s electronic health record project

The new EHR has proven to be a heavy lift, especially when it comes to a realistic and enforceable schedule.

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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

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

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VA Secretary’s weird hill to die on

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

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Congress fears VA is ‘moving on’ amid persistent EHR challenges, low employee morale at initial go-live site

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Part 2: What VA can do to fix the doomed $16B (and counting) Electronic Health Record modernization

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

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Why VA’s $16B (and counting) Electronic Health Record Modernization is doomed

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

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

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5 more takeaways from VA’s EHR strategic review

The Department of Veterans Affairs released a 36-page “comprehensive lessons learned” report this week, which details its findings from its recent electronic…

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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

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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.