“The Government Accountability Office (GAO) officially released a report late last week about ongoing efforts at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) to adopt a new, modern electronic health record (EHR) system. The agency has plans to move on from its legacy VistA platform—developed in-house decades ago—to an offering from Cerner.”
“The new report breaks down how the VA spent over $1 billion since 2001 trying to modernize VistA before finally deciding to move on in the summer of 2017. That number came up during a meeting of the Information Technology Subcommittee of the House of Representatives in December, but the newly-released report provides further insight into where the money went while 3 previous efforts were abandoned along the way…”
Source: GAO Details Failed VA EHR Initiatives as Agency Requests New Interoperability Rule – By Ryan Black, January 22, 2018. Healthcare Analytics News. Read the full article here.
