“The Department of Veteran Affairs stood in front of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s Technology Modernization Subcommittee to assure them that the VA’s new EHR system is still on track to launch on March 28, 2020.”
“Aside from interoperability concerns, the VA’s deputy secretary, Jim Byrne, said he was ‘very confident’ that the state-of-the-art EHR platform will go-live at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, WA…”
“However, Byrne did say that if Mann-Grandstaff staff did not feel secure in its training, they would welcome a delay…”
“The new EHR system will replace the legacy Veterans Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) with the new Cerner Millennium EHR system. This platform also operates the Department of Defense’s (DoD) system, MHS GENESIS. Over 23.5 million veterans will be impacted by this change…”
“Lawmakers at the hearing continued to press the VA on proper and thorough training on the new EHR…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA Assures Lawmakers of March EHR Modernization Rollout Date – By Christopher Jason, November 25, 2019. EHR Intelligence.
