VA Pauses all future roll-outs of EHR

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Nancy Anthracite

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Apr 24, 2023, 12:46:38 PM4/24/23

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Kevin Toppenberg

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Apr 27, 2023, 4:27:58 PM4/27/23

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I wonder if Cerner, after (and if) it gets hammered into a shape that the VA can use, if it will still be compatible with the military side of things?

I have to say, overall, that I am happy that the VA is standing up to Cerner. At my local hospital when they implemented Epic, I very much got the feeling that Epic held all the power. If there was a problem, then clearly it must be the fault of the user or the hospital's implementation of their amazing software. I distinctly remember thinking that patients were going to be positively harmed. And sure enough, the VA was able to document a parallel situation where the change in EMR contributed to the deaths of four veterans. Such things should never happen.