The Department of Veterans Affairs will not continue to deploy its Cerner electronic health record at any more sites for at least the next six months, officials said. VA Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Discovery, Education and Affiliate Networks Dr. Carolyn Clancy told House members at a hearing this past week that the agency… Read More »
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking $ 2.6 billion in its Fiscal Year 2021 Budget—$ 1.2 billion more than in FY 2020—to continue implementation of its Cerner electronic health record system. VA medical centers in the Pacific Northwest have been selected as the initial sites to deploy the new EHR system starting in March.… Read More »
Dive Brief: Cerner, one of the biggest distributor of EHR systems, is acquiring IT consulting firm AbleVets for an undisclosed sum. AbleVets, which specializes in cyber, cloud and system development for mostly federal clients, played a central role in expanding a controversial initiative to link veterans to private healthcare services despite apparently poor planning by the… Read More »