The Government EHR Mess – Coast Guard Publishes EHR RFI – VA Looking to Replace Vista

If you’re like me and enjoy a little inside baseball in the EHR world, then you have to watch what’s going on with EHR use in the government. In many ways, it’s like passing that car wreck on the freeway. There’s no way you can pass by without taking a look and seeing what’s gone on and what’s still going on. You want to know what’s happening. A car wreck might be an apt comparison since we’re talking about the various government EHR situations. For those who haven’t followed this as closely, here’s a quick recap. The DoD had the awful AHLTA EHR system. The VA had (and still has) their own homegrown VistA EHR system which most users seem to like. After a bunch of political jousting back and forth, the DoD did a $9+ billion RFP and finally selected Cerner EHR (although, Leidos was really the lead company and much of the $9 billion was going to them and not Cerner). Meanwhile, the Coast Guard had selected Epic as their EHR. Long story short, things didn’t work out and the Coast Guard stopped implementing Epic and went back to paper. Yes, I said that right. They had to go back to paper. Near the start of 2017, word came out that the VA was likely to replace their current VistA EHR with a commercial EHR replacement. That process is ongoing. In the last week, the Coast Guard published their RFI to purchase an EHR. I guess that’s the final nail in the coffin for Epic at the Coast Guard. I’m sure I’m...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR Healthcare Interoperability HealthCare IT Cerner Coast Guard EHR DoD EHR Epic VA VA EHR Vista Source Type: blogs