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VA EHRM: Cerner plans to “keep the band together” – Leidos and Accenture to benefit

“… For the VA project, it hasn’t been confirmed who Cerner’s partners would be, since a contract has yet to be finalized. But VA Secretary David Shulkin, MD, wants the DoD and VA system to be tightly unified, and so having Leidos and Accenture on board would certainly help with continuity.

“Obviously we still have to get to a contract, but we’re anxious to do that and are working hard to do that,” said Cerner President Zane Burke. “We haven’t finished our teaming agreement, our partnership piece, we’ll be announcing that soon, but it’s a safe bet to say we plan to keep the band together…”
Source: Cerner DoD overhaul coming out in waves; VA deal means ‘single system’ approach,Mike Miliard, Healthcare IT News, November 16, 2017

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Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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