“VA’s Cerner project likely won’t be available for use until fall at the earliest, two congressional sources tell us. A third source close to the situation said VA officials haven’t made a firm decision on relaunching the project as the department continues to prioritize containing the coronavirus pandemic.”
“A VA spokesperson said the department had no scheduling announcements to make.”
“It would be latest shift in schedule for the $16 billion project that’s been beset by delays this year. In April, department secretary Robert Wilkie said in a letter to Congress that the pandemic would ‘pause’ progress to a July target in the Pacific Northwest.”
“Now, the pandemic is likely to further push back the schedule — possibly even to 2021. Spokane, Wash., the test bed for the VA’s EHR modernization project, has suffered a new hotspot at a local veterans home. That pushed new patients into the medical center, which will likely pose delays to the project.”
“While some aspects of the EHR implementation must be done in-person, the developers have been making progress in other fronts…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA likely can’t debut EHR until fall – By Darius Tahir, June 3, 2020. POLITICO.
