Cerner and VistA EHR Systems for VA From Federal News Network March 2023 In Brief Summary 24 migrated and 54 slated to migrate to cloud Cerner went live October 2020 Congressional leaders frustrated by lack of progress Another 5-10 years expected VistA relys on MUMPs programmers, many due to retire and no new ones coming online VistA doesn’t… Read More »
VA EHR News A proposed bill would end the VA’s Oracle Cerner implementation and revert live sites back to VistA. From FCW Jan 2023 House bill would scrap VA’s $20 billion-plus electronic health record program Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), who was the top Republican on a subcommittee conducting oversight of technology at the Department of Veterans Affairs, introduced… Read More »
VA EHR Delay Review finds more problems and thus they have decided to delay until they are fixed. Related news is Oracle, Cerner and VA under fire for accessibility issues. From the Federal News Network – October 2022 In Brief Summary June 2023 next possible date The Oracle Cerner EHR is not delivering Challenges include latency and slowness… Read More »
VA Cerner Problems From Business Insider Oracle in June purchased Cerner, a medical-records giant, for about $28 billion. The US Department of Veterans Affairs tapped Cerner in 2018 to overhaul its information systems. Long-standing issues with the technology and the cost of the project just became Oracle’s problem. Excerpt Before 2018, the VA was identifying some of the same… Read More »
From IPVM Nov2020 — The US Department of Veterans Affairs has spent millions of dollars on a hodgepodge of 12 different fever screening systems, including many ‘tablets’ which have significant accuracy risks, an IPVM investigation has found. Related Links Report: VA hospitals may be using faulty temperature sensors for coronavirus fever checks
Announcement on FierceHealthcare Oct 26, 2020 — The Department of Veterans Affairs’ achieved a major milestone Saturday in its decadeslong, multibillion-dollar effort to upgrade its aging health IT systems. Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, went live with a new Cerner EHR system this weekend, the first site as part of VA’s massive medical records project. It marks… Read More »
As reported by FierceHealthcare Aug2020 and another POV from Politico. There is more background from EHR Intelligence. GovCon posted the SAM notice on Cerner booking an order (link is below). We could not locate the information that Politico got from the VA so at this point it is everybody saying it is back on track, but no official… Read More »
EHR Delay Due To Pandemic Editors Note: The VA also issued an updated RFQ two weeks ago regarding the Tablet Patient Check-in project Excerpt from Yahoo News May 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll on an unlikely mark: the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ new electronic health record system. VA officials told congressional leaders last month that the… Read More »
Patient Check-In Kiosk For VA Information reference page — What is a ‘Kiosk?’ Kiosks are a self-service, touch screen device that allows enrolled Veterans to have convenient control and access to their health information, enhance Veterans’ experience with VA and offer Veterans self-serving activities such as: Check-in for scheduled appointments View future appointments Manage, review and update personal… Read More »
From Modern Healthcare Apr2020 The Veterans Affairs Department has paused the rollout of its multibillion-dollar electronic health record project on account of the novel coronavirus, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie wrote in a letter to Congress on Friday. “The worldwide pandemic created by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has shifted the overall priorities of the Department of Veterans Affairs,” he… Read More »
