“In an earnings call to discuss its Q3 results this past week, officials from Cerner offered new information about the ongoing electronic health record modernizations it’s rolling out at the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.”
“Both are proceding at different paces, they said, but valuable lessons are being learned along the way at each.”
“After initial deployments at four DoD sites in the Pacific Northwest that saw their share of hiccups, MHS Genesis is ready for the next wave of installs at four more Air Force and Navy sites on the West Coast…”
“As for the VA, Cerner is “on track to steadily ramp our work on the project as we finish 2018 and move into 2019,” he added. “The first major project milestone will be in 2020, when initial sites are scheduled to go-live…”
“As the rollout moves next past its initial operational capability phase in Washington State, Cummings said there have been some valuable lessons learned about EHR configuration, workflow, change management, training and adoption that will be brought to the next stages of the project…” Read the full article here.
Source: Cerner gives new updates on DoD and VA EHR rollouts – October 30, 2018. HealthcareITNews.
