GAO tells VA to pause in multibillion-dollar rollout of Cerner system

The Government Accountability Office wants the Department of Veterans Affairs to pause the rollout of a $16 billion Cerner Corp. electronic health records to address potential problems.  The GAO recommended in a report released Thursday that the VA not put in place the electronic health record, or EHR, system at any additional facilities until it further studies critical and high-severity test findings. These findings are potential problems that could cause the system to fail.  The VA agreed…
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