April 20, 2019
“This proposed rule is an important step toward making it as easy for patients to get their medical records as it is to book an airline flight — and to reduce administrative burdens that are driving doctors away from the practice of medicine. The proposal implements reforms in the 21st Century Cures Act, which Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called the most important new law of the 114th Congress.”
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Senators Blackburn, Tester Ramp Up Oversight of VA’s $16 Billion Electronic Health Record Modernization
by: Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN
April 16, 2019
Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) are fighting to keep the VA on target and transparent on its roll-out of the new $16 billion commercial electronic health record system for nine million veterans. The VA is currently undertaking a decade-long transition to bring veterans’ health records into the 21st century by ensuring that veterans can have access to a seamless electronic health record across the VA and Department of Defense health systems. Blackburn and Tester introduced the VA Electronic Health Record Advisory Committee Act to establish a third-party oversight committee to help monitor the implementation of the new electronic health record system.
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