"Even as the Department of Veterans Affairs prepares to resume go-lives of its new Oracle Health electronic health record system in 117 days, House lawmakers remain concerned about the modernization project's total cost and the agency's readiness for simultaneous deployments at medical facilities in the coming months. VA paused most rollouts of the new software in April 2023 to rectify technical issues, patient safety concerns and usability challenges at the sites where the system has been deployed."
"After working to address a host of problems at the sites where the software had been deployed, VA announced in December that it was moving out of its operational pause and would be rolling out the new system at four Michigan-based medical sites in mid-2026. VA Secretary Doug Collins later announced in March that the department was planning to deploy the software at nine additional medical facilities next year, bringing the total to 13 sites."
"Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., who chairs the panel, noted that the latest estimate for the project's lifecycle cost is roughly $37 billion, saying "we cannot keep writing a blank check that risks taxpayer money and slows down, or worse, endangers the delivery of veteran care.""
VA plans to resume go-lives of the Oracle Health electronic health record system in 117 days while lawmakers question project cost and deployment readiness. Rollouts were paused in April 2023 after technical issues, patient safety concerns, and usability challenges at deployed sites. The new EHR has been implemented at six of VA's 170 medical centers. VA announced plans to exit the operational pause and deploy at four Michigan sites in mid-2026, and to add nine more facilities next year for a total of 13 sites. The project's lifecycle cost is now estimated at roughly $37 billion. The initial Cerner contract began at $10 billion, was later revised, and Oracle acquired Cerner in 2022 and rebranded the unit as Oracle Health.
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