The Department of Veterans Affairs EHRM Standardization and Accountability Act would block the VA from “from carrying out certain activities under the EHR modernization program until certification of system stability improvements.”
Before approving any additional deployments of the EHR system, VA Secretary Denis McDonough would be required under the act to send the committee a report outlining the EHR’s workflows and provide confirmation that VA facilities are ready for the new system.
The legislation comes after four deaths were linked to the rollout of the EHR system.
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