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Re: VA cancels some EHR contracts
- To: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
- Subject: Re: VA cancels some EHR contracts
- From: robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:54:56 -0700
- Cc: Flora -- Flora <http://www..family/~flora>, Flora <http://profiles.yahoo.com/flora>, http://www.gmail.com/~flora
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In fact, I think this is part of a bigger mindset in our culture: that the
"new" always better than the "old". Not sure why everything has to be
overturned rather than just continuously improved. We could learn a lot
from eastern cultures, such as the Japanese, I think.
> From: robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:52:24 -0700
>
> > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
> > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 06:01:51 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> > https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2025/03/va-cuts-support-work-for-new-ehr-after-canceling-hundreds-of-contracts/
> >
> > "Even if the VA�s new 2026 deployment schedule goes smoothly, the
> > Government Accountability Office says 94% of all its medical centers
> > will still be using its legacy EHR system, VistA, eight years into
> > the EHR modernization contract."
>
> It seems really dumb to religiously avoid open source or free software
> for no particular reason at all.