Following a long series of problems in the delivery of veteran health care linked to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) electronic health record (EHR) system—including several serious injuries and four deaths—the VA announced on April 6 that it had extended the eight-month pause on rolling out the technology.
In July 2022, the VA Office of the Inspector General issued a report (pdf) that documented 149 cases of patient harm that took place over a nine-month period at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, all resulting from installation and operation of the Oracle Cerner EHR.
