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The Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes/Released)
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Robert Wilkie, then the undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, speaks to a gathering of service members from each military branch about the importance of family readiness at the annual Department of Defense Family Readiness Awards, at the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes, Arlington, Virginia, March 23, 2018. (Marine Corps / Cpl. Dallas Johnson)
"The mission goes on," even as the top official overseeing the VA's modernization of electronic health records was fired Monday, Secretary Robert Wilkie said.
Feb 5, 2020
By
Jackson Barnett
James Byrne and Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams, Commander, Defense Logistics Agency, tour USS Osborne during their visit to the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Waldrop/Released)
James Byrne, deputy sectary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, was fired Monday out of a reported "loss of confidence."
Feb 3, 2020
By
Jackson Barnett
The Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, one of the sites where the VA wants to roll out its electronic health records system. (Veterans Health / Flickr)
There's one hypothetical situation, officials told lawmakers, that could keep the VA from going live with the EHR in late March.
Nov 21, 2019
By
Billy Mitchell
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie tours the VA North Texas Health Care System on Aug. 29, 2018. (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs / Flickr)
Despite a successful pilot to replace the system at the center of the department's 2014 scheduling scandal, VA will now pivot to adopt different software, delaying the…
Feb 5, 2019
By
Billy Mitchell