The VA plans to devote more than half of its software-testing resources to its EHR modernization project during fiscal year 2019, according to a request for information reviewed by FedScoop.The ...

VA initially signed a $10 billion contract with Cerner in 2018 to modernize its legacy health record system, but the deployment of the new EHR software has been plagued with cost overruns ...

Oracle’s acquisition of Cerner came with the flagship contract to replace the EHR, or electronic health records system, at the VA’s 172 facilities. For hospitals, the EHR is a backbone of ...

The EHR system then was brought online at a VA hospital in Walla Walla, Washington, and Columbus, Ohio, earlier this year. The Cerner system replaces software that’s more than 30 years old, and ...

HIMSS attendees will be able to see a demonstration of the EHR Cerner is developing for the Department of Defense. The Kansas City, Mo.-based vendor will showcase the off-the-shelf system and ...

Lawmakers said the software should be not rolled out to other facilities until fundamental flaws have been ... Cerner also modified nearly 300 opioid prescriptions on Cerner EHR alerts, ...

A New Jersey bucked the norm of buying the off-the-shelf EHR software from the large electronic health records vendors like Epic and Cerner and built something more aligned with what was needed.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Thursday that it extended its contract with Oracle Cerner to modernize its legacy electronic health record system, with the new 11-month agreement ...

VA initially signed a five-year contract with Cerner in 2018 to modernize its legacy health record system and make it interoperable with the Defense Department’s new software, but deployment of ...

The implementation of the VA’s new EHR system is expected to be delayed from its original estimates by at least one to two years while the cost has ballooned by billions.. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mt., the ...

In 2022, software is suffocating American medicine. ... Despite ballooning funding, I haven't experienced any significant upgrades to the Epic or Cerner EMR systems in the last 8 years.