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Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Terry Adirim delivers remarks at a media briefing on COVID-19, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., April 21, 2021. (Department of Defense photo by Lisa Ferdinando.

VA electronic health record modernization program director Terry Adirim to depart

She leaves the agency on Feb. 25 and will be replaced on an acting basis by Neil Evans, according to an internal memo.

Feb 10, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

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

VA drops supply chain management IT system, hunts for new solution

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) said Tuesday that it will stop using its supply chain management system after Congress and the VA’s Office of Inspector General…

Dec 13, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. (Image credit: Getty Images).

NOAA could start using Oracle Cerner EHR platform next summer

The Department of Commerce agency expects to implement the electronic health records platform as part of the federal electronic health records modernization program.

Oct 28, 2022 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

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sept. 20: VA Depauty Chief Veterans Experience Officer Barbara Morton accepts her award at the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America awards. (Image credit: Partnership for Public Service / Joshua Roberts.)

Sammies award-winner Barbara Morton on the importance of measuring customer experience

“[I]f the experiences are bad, there's something else at work here that we need to sort of be able to uncover and address before a crisis happens…

Sep 21, 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

Department of Veterans Affairs — (Veterans Health / Flickr)

VA watchdog finds automated IT system errors led agency to incorrectly collect debts from veterans

The VA’s Office of Inspector General discovered several instances in which the agency collected debts without first providing veterans with legally required notice.

Sep 7, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

Stock Photo illustrating american war veterans’ healthcare issue. Getty Images.

House lawmakers probe NARA veterans’ records companies amid concerns over free document charges

Lawmakers say they are investigating three companies charging between $79 and $99 for veterans to obtain free-to-access documents.

Jul 15, 2022 By Nihal Krishan