VA HEALTH IT MODERNIZATION

VA operates the largest health care delivery system in America and VistA is essential to helping deliver the health care services and ensure the quality of health care received by the nation’s veterans and their dependents. The system has been in operation for more than 30 years, is costly to maintain, and does not readily support VA’s need to electronically exchange health records with the Department of Defense and private health care providers. VA has pursued initiatives to modernize VistA, using government contractors to support its efforts. In June 2017, VA announced a new effort to purchase a commercial solution to replace VistA...