Cerner ' s VA EHR Rollout Experiences Months ' Long Delay and Rising Costs

Here's a report from theDark Daily about the increasing cost of the Cerner/VA contract for a new EHR to replaceVistA (see:Implementing a New EHR at the Veterans Administration Is Taking Longer and Costing More than Earlier Estimates) and below is an excerpt from the article: Originally estimated to cost $10 billion, a contract to replace the federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) electronic health record (EHR) system will now cost $16.1 billion, according to new estimates, and this has drawn increased scrutiny from regulators and the media.ProPublica reports that the initial deal signed in May 2018 between the VA and Cerner, one of the nation ’s largest vendors of laboratory information systems (LIS) and anatomic pathology information systems, included a $10-billion ‘no-bid’ [i.e., sole source] contract to replace the VA ’s aging VistA medical records system over 10 years.Since then, that estimate has ballooned to $16 billion, and with this latest increase, is now at $16.1 billion.No need to panic. Is anyonereally concerned about a mere $6B over-run on the sole source contract with Cerner to the current figure of $16.1B. To place this in context, it's 71% of the GDP of the country of Trinidad and Tobago (see:Trinidad and Tobago GDP). If the VA EHR go-live is successful, the general public will forget about the cost. Oops! The rollout date is getting extendedagain (see:VA Cerner EHR rollout to experience months-long delay). Below is an ex...
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