The Department of Veterans Affairs has suspended the rollout of its new multibillion-dollar electronic health records system until June 2023 to allow more time to overcome recurring problems with the computer program at several hospitals across the country.
A multibillion-dollar electronic health records system launched less than two years ago by the Department of Veterans Affairs needs major improvements, agency officials told senators on Wednesday.
VA representatives told The Spokesman-Review that the system had experienced 42 "unplanned degradations" and eight "unplanned outages" before April 20, with two more occurring the following week.
The Offices of Inspector General for both agencies said the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Program Office did not take an active role in managing the initiative's success.
In a HIMSS22 panel, leaders from the Department of Veterans Affairs discussed the implementation of the agency's new electronic health record and their hopes for the future of the project.