Counties, hospitals, point to state software as vaccine choke point Software doesn’t do things called for in state contract, locals upset over clunkiness, data lag. State computer system slowing down vaccines By N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network | January 28, 2021 at 9:35 AM EST - Updated January 28 at 7:07 PM Early this week, simmering frustrations boiled over with a multi-million-dollar system the state of North Carolina bought to track vaccine administration. “The COVID Vaccine Management System (CVMS) is burdensome and ineffective, creating an unnecessary bottleneck in the delivery of vaccines,” the state’s hospital association said in a letter to Gov. Roy Cooper. “Speed to improvement has been slow.”