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Chairman Bost Levels with VA Over Electronic Health Record Debacle during Oversight Hearing

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) delivered the following remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Full Committee’s oversight hearing to assess the status and shortcomings of VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Program:   Good morning.   The Committee will come to order.   I want to welcome our…

Technology Modernization Chairman Rosendale Presses VA on Contracting Ethics During Oversight Hearing

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Today, Rep. Matt Rosendale, (R-Mont.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Subcommittee’s Joint Oversight Hearing with the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations to examine challenges in competition and conflicts of interest in VA…

Technology Modernization Chairman Rosendale Delivers Opening Remarks at Subcommittee’s Oversight Hearing

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Today, Rep. Rosendale, (R-Mont.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the Subcommittee’s oversight hearing covering VA’s Financial Management Business Transformation Program:   Good afternoon.   The Subcommittee will come to order.   We…

Chairman Bost Presses VA Secretary on Executives’ Ethics Waiver Practices

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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) released the following letter he sent to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough regarding the Department’s process to document ethics recusals of senior officials, particularly Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer Kurt DelBene, who was previously an…

Technology Modernization Chairman Rosendale: "IT projects, meant to modernize how services are delivered to our veterans, stumble again and again."

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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Technology Modernization Subcommittee Chairman Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of today’s oversight hearing on VA IT contracting: Good morning. The Subcommittee will come to order. We are here today to discuss the underlying trends that make the Department of Veterans…

Chairman Bost, Rosendale Statement on New VA Electronic Health Record Contract

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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Chairman Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), issued the following joint statement in response to the announcement from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that they have put in place a renegotiated contract with Oracle Cerner for the Electronic Health Record Modernization…

Technology Modernization Chairman Rosendale Delivers Opening Remarks at 2nd Oversight Hearing on Electronic Health Record Modernization

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Today, Rep. Matt Rosendale, (R-Montana), the Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee’s oversight hearing to discuss electronic health modernization as it relates to pharmacy:   Good afternoon.   The Subcommittee will come to…

Chairman Bost, Ranking Member Takano introduce House Bill to Comprehensively Address Troubled EHRM Program

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This week, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-Calif.) introduced H.R. 2809, House companion legislation to Senator Tester’s EHR Program RESET Act of 2023 to begin negotiations between the House and Senate to address longstanding issues with the management and delivery of VA’s ongoing Electronic Health Record Modernization.…

Chairman Bost, Rosendale Statement on VA Electronic Health Record Halt

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Chairman Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), issued the following joint statement in response to the announcement from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that future deployments of the Oracle Cerner Electronic Health Record (EHR) will be halted while the…

Chairman Bost, Rosendale Issue Joint Statement on Latest VA Electronic Health Record Pause

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Today, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.), and Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Chairman Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), issued the following joint statement in response to the announcement from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that they will continue a pause on future deployments of the Oracle Cerner electronic health record system: “We…

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