VA still on pace with EHR deployment after rollouts earlier this year, officials say
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ByNatalie Alms,
Senior Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW
May 5, 2026 05:50 PM ET
Other agencies are also looking to iterate on their version of the electronic health record system being used at the VA and DOD — including by bringing it onto ships at sea.
Almost a month after the Department of Veterans Affairs restarted deployments of its new electronic health record system at four Michigan-based medical facilities, ending a yearslong pause on the rollouts of updated software, the VA says the new EHR is working well.
“The deployments in Michigan went remarkably well, and it is in part because we are learning and growing and building upon the success of our partners in the federal space,” said Dr. Neil Evans, the acting program executive officer at the VA’s EHRM Integration Office, during a Tuesday event.
The VA rollout is part of a...
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