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June 14, 2017 By AMK

VA to adopt same commercial health records platform as DoD

The Veterans Affairs Department will implement the same electronic health records platform as the Defense Department, according to an announcement today from Secretary David Shulkin.

In a press release, Shulkin said he took the unique step of signing a “determination of findings” in order to issue a solicitation directly to Cerner Corp., which—together with Leidos in a $4 billion contract—is developing DOD’s MHS Genesis platform.

“Because of the urgency and the critical nature of this decision, I have decided that there is a public interest exception to the requirement for full and open competition in this technology acquisition,” Shulkin said in a statement.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/health/2017/06/veterans-affairs-adopt-same-commercial-health-records-platform-dod/138398

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: determination of findings, DoD, electronic health records, exception, full and open competition, health IT, health records, other than full and open competition, VA

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