During a House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee hearing on VA.gov, VA CIO Kurt DelBene couldn’t name the newly hired executive charged with fixing website issues when asked to.

The department's move to stop implementation of the platform while contract negotiations take place has received bipartisan support from Congress.

Contracting specialists say creating a chief management officer position at the Department of Veterans Affairs may not solve issues with the EHR program.

Matt Rosendale is bullish on removing Oracle Cerner's EHR system and instead wants the VA to continue using its precursor VistA.

The proposed legislation is focused on halting further implementation of the health records system until all functionality issues are resolved.

Th lawmaker will lead congressional scrutiny of the agency’s technology systems.

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.

A dataset obtained by FedScoop through a Freedom of Information Act request shows that the Oracle-Cerner electronic health records system had a total of 498 major incidents…

"At the end of the day Secretary McDonough has to take responsibility for it because he's in charge of the VA."

Secretary McDonough will take a look at the VA's largest digital modernization program over the next few weeks, possibly bringing changes to the rollout timeline.