House Passes Bill to Keep Tabs on VA's Health Records Modernization

NextGov: In the run-up to Memorial Day, the House on Tuesday passed a slew of veteran-focused legislation, including a bill that would keep Congress in the loop on a massive effort to modernize electronic medical records at the Veterans Affairs Department.

The Veterans’ Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act would require the agency to send Congress regular updates on the $10 billion modernization project it launched last week with Cerner Corp. The 10-year contract would transition the department’s 9 million patients from a collage of outdated medical records systems to the same platform as the Pentagon.

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