The Department of Veterans Affairs recently admitted that four veterans died due to Oracle Cerner electronic health record management system failures. The multibillion-dollar system created to protect and support veterans has slowly proved itself unable to accomplish the task.
Over the past several years, Congress has made significant strides to support veterans through the MISSION Act, the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, and the benefits expansions in the PACT Act. Now, it is time for congressional leaders to focus on the seemingly unending systemic problems of the electronic health record management system.