VA Secretary: Cerner tasked with EHR, won't scrap rest of VistA

Healthcare IT News: In his first Capitol Hill appearance since the VA announced it would replace its electronic health record with a Cerner system, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, MD, shed some light on just what the move would mean.

In a brief mention of the department's IT needs during testimony before the Senate VA Committee on Wednesday, Shulkin clarified that the VA would not be scrapping VistA completely, and the agency would obviously be maintaining the 30-year-old record system.

However, Cerner would be specifically tasked with the EHR component of the IT system.

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