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 ...

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 ...

An Oracle executive vowed to get the Veterans Affairs' troubled health IT project "back on track" as House lawmakers warned they would consider scuttling the multi-billion-dollar project unless ...

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 ...