The Department of Veterans Affairs and leaders from Oracle provided an update on the paused electronic health record modernization project to the House Appropriations Committee this week, indicating progress and their expectations about when they will develop a new deployment schedule. WHY IT MATTERS Workflow reconfigurations will make the VA's electronic health record "more intuitive" for providers, said Mike Sicilia, EVP of Oracle Global Industries, while testifying Wednesday before members of Congress. Before open discussions for a restart happen, said Dr. Neil Evans, acting program executive director of the EHRM Integration Office, the VA needs to see sustained improvement. "We are now focusing on delivering the improvements needed for the current system users while also preparing the enterprise for future deployment success," he reported. On August 31, VA completed its first increment for the program reset – the work of "dedicated attention and positive improvements," addressing