Oracle will continue to provide modernization support for the VA’s electronic health record system, according to a Thursday announcement.

Oracle Cerner did not send a representative to the hearing despite being invited to.

The VA has faced multiple delays to the $16B Oracle Cerner EHR rollout due to major patient safety risks.

VA's inspector general received an allegation that the department was not adequately overseeing contractor progress reports before millions in payment on EHR modernization work, but it did…

After renegotiating the contract at the center of the VA's EHR modernization, CIO Kurt DelBene believes things are headed in a good direction.

The legislation in its current form would provide $1.2 billion for the Oracle Cerner-operated contract, $424 million for infrastructure readiness and $253 million for program management.

The VA says a renegotiated contract “dramatically increases” its ability to hold the technology company to account for the system’s performance.

The bill would require the VA to ensure its five existing EHR sites meet or exceed performance baselines before taking the system live at any additional locations.

The department's move to stop implementation of the platform while contract negotiations take place has received bipartisan support from Congress.

A senior VA official says “everything has been on the table” in recent contract negotiations between the agency and Oracle Cerner.