VA Chief Acquisition Officer Michael Parrish earlier this week said his agency is working to add new enforcement mechanisms to the contract.

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.

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

The status update follows the VA's decision to delay the rollout of its electronic health record platform at four new locations.

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

The department’s inspector general says the VA in at least one case paid for work without verifying deliverables.

The department and the records provider are looking into a technical defect that mixed up patient data and resulted in the system being taken offline.

The performance audit identifies concerns over the accuracy and volume of patient data being transferred.

Hans Buitendijk of Cerner and Rajesh Godavarthi of software and analytics company MCG are among the private sector appointees.

News of the potential deal comes as lawmakers seek to increase oversight of the EHRM program at VA.