VA and Oracle Health say the modernization project’s operational pause has allowed them to enhance the new software’s ...

Intentional governance, process redesign, change management and data strategy all must be addressed to achieve optimal electronic records, says Barry Mathis, managing principal of IT advisory ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ EHR contract with Cerner has been plagued by multiple roadblocks during the past year, including personnel issues and changing expectations, according to a ...

Applying traditional project management methodologies to an ambulatory EHR implementation often yields unexpected and often unpleasant results. Why? Lessons learned in Project Management Professional ...

In the Catholic Church it is the confessional booth. In the Twelve Step program it is the 9th step, “making amends”. I guess there are a lot of ways to apologize and ask for forgiveness. Maybe it is ...

These findings provided directional goalposts for EMR project leaders. The data from this pilot survey influenced the design process in several ways. Nursing staff from each unit were invited to ...

Practices aren’t always successful with electronic medical record (EMR) implementation. Some have even abandoned attempts to implement an EMR system, reverting back to the old way of doing things—a ...

Since March, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has seen a lot of leadership turnover: 40 senior staffers by the Democrats count in May. The agency lost two more in late summer, with the ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense are scrapping plans to build from scratch a joint electronic health record system. Instead, they're taking a faster - and potentially ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs undershot cost projections for its electronic health records overhaul by billions of dollars, according to the findings of the department's Office of Inspector ...

Various developments in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ EHR modernization project emerged throughout 2019, from schedule delays to the introduction of a new training program. In May 2018, VA ...