"A Government Accountability Office report released today confirms that the Veteran's Health Administration has yet to act on more than a dozen earlier recommendations for the current multi-billion dollar effort. Some of the unresolved issues date back to 2020, raising concerns about the entire project. The VHA operates one of the largest heath care systems in the US, supporting in excess of nine million veterans."
"The system is costly to maintain, and "does not optimally support VA's need to electronically exchange health records with other organizations, such as the Department of Defense (DOD) and community providers." Multiple efforts to update the system have run into the ground. Following "unsuccessful attempts over two decades, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) undertook a fourth effort in 2017 - the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program - to modernize its legacy health information system."
The Veterans Health Administration continues to rely on the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture, in operation for over 30 years. The system is costly to maintain and does not optimally support electronic exchange of health records with the Department of Defense and community providers. The Government Accountability Office found more than a dozen unresolved recommendations, some dating to 2020, and noted that nine of ten May 2023 priority recommendations remain unimplemented. Multiple prior modernization attempts failed over two decades, and the 2017 Electronic Health Record Modernization program planned acquisition of the Oracle Health EHR system.
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