Due to “unanticipated complexities,” the department proposed a modification to the $10 billion contract to complete deployment of the electronic health record modernization.

An “unanticipated complexity of the effort” delayed the contract and cost more to deploy than originally budgeted for, contracting documents said.

Rep. Michael Baumgartner asked why VA OIG’s electronic health record modernization recommendations haven’t been implemented while the department presses on with deployment.

With 80% of its pending claims stuck in an evidence gathering phase, a congressional subcommittee wonders if there are enough humans left at the agency to stay…

Days after John Bartrum’s exit, John Figueroa takes up the reins of the agency involved in modernizing veteran health records for a second time.

John Bartrum, who led the Veterans Health Administration’s rollout of electronic health record modernization, said he is leaving public service.

The agency is challenging incumbent contractors to keep up with modernization and AI initiatives or risk losing contracts, Zack Schwartz said in an interview.

A report found two years of missing measures and undefined fiscal 2026 goals for the health records’ interagency cybersecurity and privacy protections.

Upgrades to the Veterans Affairs Department’s Electronic Health Record system are “actually working” but need to go faster, Secretary Doug Collins said.

After pausing deployments in 2023 following years of failures, EHR rollouts at four Michigan facilities this month went smoothly, according to Secretary Doug Collins and Sen. Gary…