“… The new VA leadership’s plan to be “joined from the hip” with DoD in their Cerner implementation worries some VA officials we’ve consulted, and was partly responsible for Genevieve Morris’ sudden departure after leading the implementation for little over a month, according to sources within and outside the agency.”
“VA Secretary Robert Wilkie appears laser-focused on assuring that the Cerner conversion leads to flawless movement of patient records between VA and DoD medical facilities. That’s a worthy goal that Congress has long demanded, but too much sameness — especially if the current version of MHS Genesis is the model — could make it impossible for VA clinicians to do their jobs well.”
“Morris last month asked Cerner to report on how much variation it could provide to the two systems while still assuring interoperability. She left a short time after making the request, in part because of a conflict with Wilkie and other officials over the variation issue, according to three former VA officials…” Read the full newsletter here.
Source: VA Cerner Contract still Unsettled – By Arthur Allen, September 10, 2018. POLITICO Morning eHealth.
