“The Defense Department’s (DoD) most senior leadership faced the wrath of one of the House Appropriations Committee’s most senior members today over what Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., a former chairman of the committee, regards as slow progress toward the goal of efficiently linking electronic health records (EHR) systems used by DoD and the Veterans Affairs Department (VA).”
“DoD and VA, through contracts with healthcare IT supplier Cerner Corp., are working to link their systems, but the pace of the work is clearly not to Rep. Rogers liking.” Read the full article here.
Source: Pentagon Leaders Face VA-DoD EHR Fire at House Appropriations Hearing – May 1, 2019. MeriTalk.
