{"id":30087,"date":"2020-02-11T20:21:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T20:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/11\/va-delays-launch-of-new-electronic-health-records-system\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:14:03","slug":"va-delays-launch-of-new-electronic-health-records-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/health-it\/2020\/02\/11\/va-delays-launch-of-new-electronic-health-records-system\/","title":{"rendered":"VA delays launch of new electronic health records system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rollout of the Department of Veterans Affairs\u2019 new electronic health records system will be delayed for an undisclosed period while VA ensures it will work within the department\u2019s current IT framework and trains employees to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A VA official confirmed the delay Tuesday after lawmakers issued a press release late Monday praising the move, saying the \u201cworst thing VA could do is jump the gun\u201d implementing the system, built by Missouri-based Cerner Corp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA Press Secretary Christina Mandreucci said the department \u201cheard the call\u201d of lawmakers, including House Veterans Affairs Committee ranking Republican Phil Roe of Tennessee and Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., ranking member of the House VA Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, who urged VA to proceed cautiously.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2019\/07\/31\/va-migrates-health-records-for-235-million-veterans-ahead-of-integration-with-the-militarys-system\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3139743.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA, DoD tout major progress in effort to join electronic health records systems<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are eyeing the end of the summer for significant advances in their efforts for a new, joint electronic health record, a move that both bureaucracies have made the long-term centerpiece of medical reforms for their patients.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;VA leaders \u2026 are proceeding deliberately and thoughtfully to adhere to the project\u2019s ten-year timeline, which calls for a rolling implementation schedule through 2027,\u201d Mandreucci said in a statement. \u201cAfter rigorous testing of our new [electronic health records system], the department will need more time to complete the system build and ensure clinicians and other users are properly trained on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initial deployment was set to begin in March at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, Spokane, Wash., and in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/02\/10\/va-programs-would-see-a-13-percent-funding-boost-under-trumps-fiscal-2021-budget-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\">briefing Monday on the fiscal 2021 proposed VA budget,<\/a> senior department officials said the program was on schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But same day, VA officials notified Congress that the initiative would be delayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mandreucci said the system is 75 percent to 80 percent complete in regard to integration and training and a revised \u201cgo-live\u201d schedule will be announced \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House has requested $2.6 billion in new funding for the project in fiscal 2021, nearly half of that total for new equipment and infrastructure related to the records upgrades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roe and Banks applauded VA\u2019s decision Monday, saying the department recognized that \u201cmore training and preparation is needed and [it is] taking the time to do get this right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201dWe hope that VA will be able to move forward with the complete Cerner system in Spokane to deliver the best possible veteran experience, and we look forward to continuing the committee\u2019s oversight of this project to achieve a fully interoperable health records system for the millions of men and women who have served,\u201d they wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2019\/07\/30\/va-failed-to-reliably-track-spending-on-electronic-health-record-system\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200-pixels-stethoscope-on-keyboard.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA failed to reliably track spending on electronic health record system<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Department of Veteran Affairs says it spent $2.3 billion on its electronic health record system from fiscal 2015 through 2017, but the Government Accountability Office said it found only $1 billion of the spending to be \u201csufficiently reliable.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats on the committee, however, were less effusive, saying that VA had not been transparent about progress to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Susie Lee, a Democrat from Nevada, chairwoman of the House VA Subcommittee on Technology Modernization called for a hearing Tuesday to investigate the delay, saying Congress \u201cneeds to know we can take VA at its word.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs chair, I have repeatedly called for VA to be forthright about its progress, identify concerns, and notify Congress about any challenges,\u201d Lee said in a statement. \u201cSecretary Wilkie and I spoke this afternoon and he provided his reasoning behind the delay. While I respect the need to make this tough decision, I want to be sure that we have key action items and schedules to address these issues and roll out without harming our veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Mark Takano a Democrat from California, said, however, that a short-term delay is \u201cfar better than rushing through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVA should take the time it needs to get this $16 billion dollar implementation right, but it needs to be transparent with Congress,\u201d Takano said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA chose the Pacific Northwest for initial rollout of its $16 billion system to match the Department of Defense\u2019s electronic health records program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/military-benefits\/health-care-benefits\/2018\/04\/26\/senator-major-problems-with-new-dod-health-records-software-could-endanger-patients\/\" target=_blank>also built by Cerner and introduced in Washington state in 2017.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie told reporters the department still planned to deploy the new system in March. The system is designed to be interoperable with the Department of Defense system as well as the VA\u2019s other records systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI sat down with the Secretary of Defense about a week ago to discuss where we are,\u201d Wilkie told reporters. \u201cThis is a joint partnership with the Department of Defense. We are doing well, and Mission Act shows that this VA is capable of pulling off enormously complex programs. I expect us to do well with this venture, as we did with Mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department continues to expand its use of the platform, which it calls MHS Genesis. 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