VA Electronic Health Record Modernization: Actions Needed to Sustain Accelerated System Deployments
What GAO Found After three unsuccessful attempts over two decades, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) undertook a fourth effort in 2017—the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program—to modernize its legacy health information system. GAO has previously reported on the challenges VA has experienced with this effort. In these reports, GAO made 18 recommendations to improve cost estimating, schedule, program management, user adoption and satisfaction, and operational testing. GAO deemed 12 of these as priority recommendations because of their criticality to successful future deployments. As of August 2026, VA has not yet fully implemented 14 of the 18 recommendations. Implement.
Reported by Maria LopezVA Electronic Health Record Modernization: Actions Needed to Sustain Accelerated System Deployments.
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What GAO Found After three unsuccessful attempts over two decades, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) undertook a fourth effort in 2017—the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program—to modernize its legacy health information system.
GAO has previously reported on the challenges VA has experienced with this effort.
In these reports, GAO made 18 recommendations to improve cost estimating, schedule, program management, user adoption and satisfaction, and operational testing.
GAO deemed 12 of these as priority recommendations because of their criticality to successful future deployments.
As of August 2026, VA has not yet fully implemented 14 of the 18 recommendations.
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