The Department of Veterans Affairs has postponed the implementation of its Oracle Cerner-operated electronic health record system at the agency’s Saginaw Health System in Michigan.
In an internal memo to staff, Network Director Laura E. Ruzick said the decision to push back the rollout of the system was taken by VA leadership following an ongoing “assess and address” period and a readiness assessment. The network was previously scheduled to deploy the IT system in June…
In her note to staff, Ruzick wrote: “As VA leadership has promised, we will not deploy new EHR system at any facility until we are confident it is ready to deliver for veterans and VA providers.”
“We will have more updates for you in the coming weeks on the path forward. In the meantime, the training that was scheduled to begin Monday, April 11, has been postponed,” Ruzick added… Read the full article here.
