Applying traditional project management methodologies to an ambulatory EHR implementation often yields unexpected and often unpleasant results. Why? Lessons learned in Project Management Professional ...

Included in a batch of veterans-related bills the House passed May 22 is the Veterans’ Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act (H.R.4245), which would require the agency to regularly ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ has experienced various developments in its $16 billion EHR implementation project this year, from schedule delays and leadership changes to the launch of its new ...

In the Catholic Church it is the confessional booth. In the Twelve Step program it is the 9th step, “making amends”. I guess there are a lot of ways to apologize and ask for forgiveness. Maybe it is ...

These findings provided directional goalposts for EMR project leaders. The data from this pilot survey influenced the design process in several ways. Nursing staff from each unit were invited to ...

phiMail implements the Direct Project secure encrypted email protocol, a standard required to meet three of the 2014 Meaningful Use EHR Certification criteria, and useful in many other aspects of MU2 ...

No one denies that the Defense Department’s path toward an interoperable electronic health records system has been filled with potholes, least of all Christopher Miller, program executive officer of ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA's) $16 billion electronic health record (EHR) system will not go live in March as initially planned. The VA had planned to flip the switch on the new EHR at its ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs undershot cost projections for its electronic health records overhaul by billions of dollars, according to the findings of the department's Office of Inspector ...

An Oracle executive vowed to get the Veterans Affairs' troubled health IT project "back on track" as House lawmakers warned they would consider scuttling the multi-billion-dollar project unless ...

Since March, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has seen a lot of leadership turnover: 40 senior staffers by the Democrats count in May. The agency lost two more in late summer, with the ...