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Lawmaker Calls VA EHR Modernization Cost, Timeline ‘Outrageous’

Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) said the $10 billion price tag and the 10-year timeline for implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ EHR modernization program are “outrageous,” during a Feb. 26 House panel hearing.

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By Fred Donovan

- Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) said the $10 billion price tag and the 10-year timeline for implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ EHR modernization program are “outrageous,” during a Feb. 26 hearing of the House Appropriations Committee’s Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies subcommittee.

Addressing VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, Hurd said: “I would welcome your feedback on how implementation is going and hopefully the answer that the completion of this is not going to be 10 years and $10 billion.”

Wilkie responded that this is the current projection for completion of the EHR modernization program. “The key for me is interoperability: the ability of the VA to see the entire health record of the veteran. We have had some hiccups, but we should have hiccups.”