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.
It marks progress in the latest effort to upgrade the VA’s system, a $16 billion technology project that’s been plagued by delays, leadership turnover, and infrastructure problems since it kicked off in 2018.
According to Mann-Grandstaff officials, the transition to Cerner’s EHR means veterans receiving care at the facility and at its outpatient clinics will use the new My VA Health online portal to schedule, review and cancel health appointments, refill their prescriptions, send secure messages to their VA providers, and manage their current health records.
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