Cerner Archives

The exterior of the Veterans Affairs Hospital is seen November 10, 2003 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

VA, Oracle Cerner expect problem-ridden EHR rollout to resume by summer 2024

The VA has faced multiple delays to the $16B Oracle Cerner EHR rollout due to major patient safety risks.

Sep 13, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

VA stands to improve payment process for controversial EHR contract, watchdog reports

VA's inspector general received an allegation that the department was not adequately overseeing contractor progress reports before millions in payment on EHR modernization work, but it did…

Sep 8, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

African American man pouring medications out of a bottle into his hand. (Image credit: Getty Images)

Oracle Cerner signs AI contract with FDA focused on improving medicines

The technology company will research how machine learning and natural language processing can fill gaps in medical data collection.

Apr 10, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on March 4, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

VA Secretary says Oracle-Cerner EHR rollout will not continue until patient safety risks are addressed

VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Monday that the department it is working through an implementation check list for each hospital set to receive the new system.

Sep 26, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

EMIGRANT, MT – JULY 24: Montana Republican Congressman Matt Rosendale speaks at the ceremony to honor the four airman killed in a 1962 B-47 crash at 8,500 feet on Emigrant Peak on July 24, 2021 in Emigrant, Montana. (Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images)

Rep. Rosendale questions size of penalty imposed on Cerner-Oracle by VA amid electronic health record system failures

At a House hearing Tuesday, Rep. Rosendale, R-Mont., cited a figure of $156,750 that according to the lawmaker the VA has withheld from the technology giant.

Sep 20, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

VA, Department of Veterans Affairs, EHRs — The Department of Veterans Affairs. (Tajha Chappellet-Lanier)

VA Cerner EHR system goes down for over 4 hours due to patient database corruption issue

The outage affected VA, DOD and Coast Guard sites and left medical staff recording patient information on paper documentation.

Aug 5, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

veterans affairs, veterans health, va — The George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City. (Veterans Health Administration / Flickr)

VA health leader says delays in Cerner EHR rollout are ‘part of the process’ in internal memo

VA Deputy Under Secretary for Health Steven Lieberman tells staff that the delayed implementation of the system in Boise, Idaho was expected.

Jul 21, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

President Joe Biden signs a bill into law in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden signs VA health record modernization transparency act into law

The new legislation requires the department to report EHR modernization program costs on a quarterly basis.

Jun 24, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

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VA delays electronic health record system rollout from 2022 to 2023 at four sites

The Cerner-operated platform will be deferred at locations across the VA's Puget Sound and the Portland health care systems until at least next Spring.

Jun 22, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2022 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs on Capitol Hill June 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Draft watchdog report shows flaws in VA’s Cerner EHR rollout harmed at least 148 veterans

A preliminary copy of the report was obtained by the Spokesman-Review newspaper.

Jun 21, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones