The spotlights are about to get even brighter on the closely watched $16 billion rollout of a Cerner Corp. electronic health record system at Veterans Affairs hospitals. Legislation passed by the U.S. Senate sets a tight schedule for the Department of Veterans Affairs to make quarterly progress reports to Congress.
The action comes as the effort to introduce the system at VA hospitals and clinics continues to be dogged by delays, and critical reports by the media and early users.
The legislation,…Legislation turns up heat on VA’s $16B adoption of Cerner health records system
The spotlights are about to get even brighter on the closely watched $16 billion rollout of a Cerner Corp. electronic health record system at Veterans Affairs hospitals. Legislation passed by the U.S. Senate sets a tight schedule for the Department of Veterans Affairs to make quarterly progress reports to Congress.
The action comes as the effort to introduce the system at VA hospitals and clinics continues to be dogged by delays, and critical reports by the media and early users.
The legislation,…