The cost of the Department of Veterans Affairs new electronic health record system could increase to more than $50 billion in 28 years, and a new company is now working to fix the problem-riddled system, senators said.
House lawmakers told officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs this week to halt their launch of the agency’s new electronic health records system at any other facilities until the problems that caused outages at the first two medical centers to use the new system are fixed.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will deploy its electronic health record to a second site in March, with another 10 go-lives tentatively planned for later in…
Watchdog suggests VA halt medical records overhaul until lingering issues are resolved February 12 Staff at the 374th Surgical Operations Squadron Same Day Surgery Unit enter information into the department s electronic medical record system following surgery on a colleague in May 2018. (Airman John D. Partlow/Air Force) An outside watchdog is recommending that Veterans Affairs halt deployment of its new electronic medical records system until serious problems with its operations are addressed, but department officials insist the issues won’t create significant delays for the massive project. The new records system a 10-year, $16 billion project started in 2018 was one of the signature achievements of President Donald Trump’s VA policies. It is designed to connect veterans medical files with Defense Department files, providing a single, lifelong record for troops past their military separation.