Oracle Cerner did not send a representative to the hearing despite being invited to.

The VA has faced multiple delays to the $16B Oracle Cerner EHR rollout due to major patient safety risks.

VA's inspector general received an allegation that the department was not adequately overseeing contractor progress reports before millions in payment on EHR modernization work, but it did…

The technology company will research how machine learning and natural language processing can fill gaps in medical data collection. 

VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Monday that the department it is working through an implementation check list for each hospital set to receive the new system.

At a House hearing Tuesday, Rep. Rosendale, R-Mont., cited a figure of $156,750 that according to the lawmaker the VA has withheld from the technology giant.

The outage affected VA, DOD and Coast Guard sites and left medical staff recording patient information on paper documentation.

VA Deputy Under Secretary for Health Steven Lieberman tells staff that the delayed implementation of the system in Boise, Idaho was expected.

The new legislation requires the department to report EHR modernization program costs on a quarterly basis.

The Cerner-operated platform will be deferred at locations across the VA's Puget Sound and the Portland health care systems until at least next Spring.