The locations of the nine additional sites will be disclosed later this year following planning discussions with the VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Office, regional and local VA leaders, clinicians, and EHR vendor Oracle Health, according to a March 6 news release.
The VA said it aims to fully implement the new EHR system across all its medical facilities as early as 2031.
This development follows a March 4 outage at Spokane (Wash.) VA Medical Center, where the Oracle EHR system caused system freezes and prevented users from accessing critical applications. The disruption affected six VA medical centers, 26 community clinics, and remote support sites. Oracle Health has launched an investigation to determine the root cause of the issue.
