VA-Cerner EHR Deal Paused Over Interoperability Concerns

In August, 2015, I blogged that Cerner had secured a contract to provide a global EHR to the military (see:Cerner/Leidos/Accenture Secure EHR Contract for a Global Military EHR). At that time, I made the following comment about the deal:As to Epic"failure" to win the contract, I suspect that there were a lot of smiles of relief in Verona when the winner was announced. I think that Epic was competing in the contest because everyone expected it to do so. The Epic culture and emphasis on client control was probably a non-starter for the military brass. Leidos/SAIC contrariwise was a known quantity for them.Epic has almost a lock on the EHR business for the larger and most prestigious U.S. hospitals and success with a DOD contract would have done little to burnish the company image. It will just keep on rolling, closing more deals in the U.S. and beefing up its international set of clients.It might have been assumed that Cerner would then be the logical choice to provide an EHR to the VA to replaceVistA because of the need for health record continuity for military personnel after they leave active service (see:Comprehensive History of VistA; What's Next for This Early, Highly Functional EHR?). However, there now seems to be a problem. Recent news is that there has been a glitch in contract negotiations between the VA and Cerner (see:VA, Cerner EHR deal held up after spat over interoperability definition) and below is an excerpt from the article:The U.S. Depart...
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