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Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins testifies during the Senate Appropriations Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the FY2027 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs, in Dirksen building on Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

VA head defends EHR budget ask to push program from ‘dial up’ to ‘cyber speed’

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

1 hour ago By K. Sophie Will

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 29: Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing featuring former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in the Dirksen Senate Office Building (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senate lawmakers propose bill to address VA electronic heath record failures

Sens. Patty Murry, D-WA, Jon Tester, D-MT and Sherrod Brown, D-OH, are sponsoring the legislative proposal.

Apr 3, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones