The following Congressional committees and subcommittees provide oversight to VA’s EHRM program.
Senate
House of Representatives
- “Hearing to Consider Pending Legislation” – Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (July 12, 2023)
- “Examining the Future Path of VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Program.” — Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Dr. Neil Evans, acting program executive director, Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, accompanied by Dr. Shereef Elnahal, under secretary for health; Kurt DelBene, assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer; and Michael Parrish, chief acquisition officer and principal executive director, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction; testified before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. (March 15, 2023)
- “VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization: An Update on Rollout, Cost, and Schedule.” – Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (Sept. 21, 2022)
- “Examining the Status of VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Program” — Dr. Terry Adirim, program executive director for the Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. (July 20, 2022)
- “VA Electronic Health Records: Modernization and the Path Ahead” – Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (July 14, 2021)
- “Review of the VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization” – Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies hearing (Feb. 5, 2019)
- “Modernizing VA: Lessons Learned in the 118th Congress” — House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Oversight Hearing (Dec. 12, 2024)
- “Accountable or Absent? Examining VA Leadership under the Biden-Harris Administration” — House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Full Committee Oversight Hearing (Sept. 10, 2024)
- “Report Card: Assessing Electronic Health Record Modernization at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center” — House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Oversight Hearing (July 22, 2024)
- “Electronic Health Record Modernization Deep Dive: Can the Oracle Pharmacy Software Be Made Safe and Effective?” — House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization (Feb. 15, 2024)
- “Electronic Health Record Modernization Deep Dive: System Uptime” — House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization (Nov. 15, 2023)
- “VA Electronic Health Record Modernization: Get Well Soon?” — House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Sept. 14, 2023)
- “Oversight Hearing – VA Implementation of the Electronic Health Record Modernization Initiative” — House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. (Sept. 13, 2023)
- “VA Information Technology Contracting: Challenges in Consolidation of Competition and Conflict of Interest.” – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Oversight (May 24, 2023)
- “Electronic Health Record Modernization Deep Dive: Pharmacy” — House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Oversight (May 9, 2023)
- “Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA).” — House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization (March 7, 2023)
- “VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization: An Update on Rollout, Cost, and Schedule.” – Deputy Secretary Donald Remy, accompanied by Dr. Terry Adirim, program executive director, EHRM Integration Office testified before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. (Sept. 21, 2022)
- “Protecting our Veterans: Patient Safety and Electronic Health Record Modernization Program.” — Dr. Terry Adirim, program executive director for the Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, testifies before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. (July 27, 2022)
- “Next Steps: Examining Plans for the Continuation of the VA’s EHR Modernization Program” — Dr. Terry Adirim, program executive director for the Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, testifies before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization. (April 26, 2022)
- “IT Infrastructure Modernization: Addressing Ongoing Challenges and the Path Forward” — Kurt DelBene, VA assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer, testifies. (Feb. 9, 2022)
- “Moving Forward: Evaluating Next steps for the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record Modernization Program” – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization (July 21, 2021)
- “Strategic Review: Evaluating Concerns about the Ongoing Implementation of the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program” – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization (April 14, 2021)
- “Examining VA’s Ongoing Efforts in the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program” – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization (Sept. 30, 2020)
- “Getting it Right: Challenges with the Go-Live of Electronic Health Record Modernization” – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization (March 5, 2020)
- “Oversight of VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Implementation” – House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (Feb. 20, 2020)
- “Go-Live March 2020: The Status of EHRM Readiness” – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization hearing (Nov. 20, 2019)
- “The Future of VA Scheduling: Implementing a Commercial off the Shelf Scheduling Solution at the Department of Veterans Affairs” – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization (Sept. 26, 2019)
- “VistA Transition: Assessing the Future of an Electronic Health Records Pioneer” – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization hearing (July 22, 2019)
- “Subcommittee on Technology Modernization Hearing: Implementation of Electronic Health Record Systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD)” – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization hearing (June 12, 2019)
- “Electronic Health Record Modernization and Information Technology Oversight” – House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies hearing (March 6, 2019)
- “180-Day Review of the Electronic Health Record Modernization Program” – House Committee on Veterans Affairs’ hearing (Nov. 14, 2018)
- “The Role of the Interagency Program Office in VA Electronic Health Record Modernization” – House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization hearing (Sept. 13, 2018)
- “VA Electronic Health Record Modernization: The Beginning of the Beginning” – House Committee on Veterans Affairs’ hearing (June 26, 2018)
- “Oversight and Investigations Legislative Hearing” – House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies hearing (March 7, 2018)
- “Oversight Hearing – Veterans Affairs Electronic Health Record” – House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies hearing (Nov. 15, 2017)
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