“Cerner Corp.’s president of government services provided updates on its contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at an investor conference Wednesday.”
“Travis Dalton said the North Kansas City-based health IT company (Nasdaq: CERN) had learned several lessons from the DoD project that it will apply to the VA contract…”
“With 70 percent common capabilities with the VA, Dalton said DoD’s system will form the baseline for the VA’s EHR. Cerner secured a $10 billion contract for a 10-year implementation of its EHR program with the VA in May. The cost grew to $16.1 billion in part because the VA failed to budget for the cost of government employees.”
“The VA’s EHR will have 30 percent more capabilities than its counterpart, including cardiology and long-term-care features, Dalton said.”
“Cerner also is providing programs for the VA that it hadn’t for the DoD, such as…” Read the full article here.
Source: Cerner updates progress on VA, DoD projects – By Lily Lieberman, February 14, 2019. Kansas City Business Journal.
