{"id":1862,"date":"2018-05-10T17:46:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T17:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2018-05-10T17:46:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T17:46:12","slug":"va-claims-decision-on-ehr-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emrsystems.net\/blog\/va-claims-decision-on-ehr-system\/","title":{"rendered":"VA Claims Finalizing Decision On EHR System Modernization Is A Priority"},"content":{"rendered":"

The acting CIO Scott Blackburn resigned last week and Secretary David Shulkin was fired by the President<\/a> in March, 2018. According to the agency officials, the new leadership is \u201cnow firmly aligned\u201d with the short-term priorities of the President, including Electronic Health Record modernization.
\nVA press secretary Curt Cashour , in a written statement said, \u201cIn a number of cases, employees who were wedded to the status quo and not on board with this administration\u2019s policies or pace of change have now departed VA, under Acting Secretary Wilkie\u2019s leadership, senior VA officials are now on the same page, speaking with one voice to veterans, employees and outside stakeholders, such as Congress and veterans service organizations, and are focused on a number of key priorities in the short term.\u201d
\nOne thing that Cashour didn\u2019t mention was whether, Veteran Affairs\u2019 decision on the modernization would follow the decision made by Shulkin in June 2017 to completely replace legacy Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture with Cerner\u2019s off the shelf commercial system, or to stick with decade old VistA and upgrade it.
\nThe VA has been in $10 billion EHR modernization contract negotiations with Cerner, which has not been signed yet. Shulkin\u2019s firing has effectively left the deal in awkward situation. Shulkin told VA to create a single common EHR system with DoD, which would use a shared Cerner Millennium EHR platform. The agency also announced its plan to align implementation and deployment with Department of Defense\u2019s own Cerner System, which has already been installed in the Pacific Northwest at four military sites.
\nSome people are still questioning the VA\u2019s decision to adopt a Cerner system, one DoD officials are confident that the agency is definitely going to sign a deal with the top EHR vendor. An executive program officer for Defense Healthcare Management Systems, Stacy Cummings, on Thursday testifying before a Senate appropriations subcommittee, said that her agency has \u201cregular engagement\u201d with the Veteran Affairs to discuss finalize strategies for Cerner acquisition.
\n\u201cWe meet regularly, we share lessons learned, we talk about the technology implications,\u201d said Cummings, who also said that despite the changings in VA\u2019s leadership, VA-DoD meetings never stopped, and from her perspective VA\u2019s \u201cstill moving the ball forward.\u201d
\nCashour\u2019s announcement on Wednesday indicated that VA has also been working very closely with the White House to nominate Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson as agency\u2019s next secretary. But Jackson withdrew his nomination after a senate committee delayed his confirmation hearing, to investigate the allegations of management issues and improper behavior.
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