Why it Matters
The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) new electronic health record system has finished its 2026 deployments, and the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs will take stock of the results on Nov. 19. The hearing, "Beyond Go-Live: VA Electronic Health Record Modernization Status Update," comes as a physicians' group asks Congress to pause further rollouts. The committee is chaired by Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA-39) is the ranking member.
Broader Context
On Oct. 26, the department announced the system went live at hospitals in Cleveland and Anchorage and at 16 standalone clinics. Nextgov/FCW reported that brought the 2026 total to 13 medical facilities. Becker's Hospital Review reported a target of 26 hospital deployments in 2027.
The National Association of VA Physicians and Dentists asked Congress on Oct. 29 to pause deployments pending an independent safety review. It cited workflow disruptions, delayed referrals, patient-safety incidents and program costs. Those are the association's stated concerns, not established findings.
Filings across the fourth quarter of 2025 through the third quarter of 2026 show lobbying by Oracle Corp. and Oracle America Inc., spread across several firms. One of them, the Jeff Miller Group LLC, reported $60,000 from Oracle America in the third quarter for educating VA Committee members and staff on the VA electronic health record. Other filers on VA health record modernization:
- Guidehouse LLP
- Document Storage Systems Inc.
- Accenture Federal Services LLC
- InterSystems Corp.
- General Dynamics Corp.
The Bottom Line
With the 2026 deployments complete and 2027 targets reported, the Nov. 19 hearing is the committee's next public look at a program that has a pause request pending before Congress and a 2027 deployment target reported.
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