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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysbdrg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO VA'S ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD MOD- ERNIZATION: AN UPDATE ON ROLLOUT, COST, AND SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:01 a.m. in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Martin Heinrich (chairmain) pre- siding. Present: Senators Heinrich, Tester, Boozman, and Hagerty. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS STATEMENT OF HON. DONALD M. REMY, DEPUTY SECRETARY, DE- PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH Senator HEINRICH. Good morning. This hearing of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropria- tions Subcommittee is now called to order. Today, we will discuss VA's efforts around Electronic Health Record Modernization, or EHRM. This is a large but important ini- tiative that was promised to result in a single health record for an individual, from service entry through a veteran's life, with seam- less health data sharing. Unfortunately, implementation efforts to date have been plagued by delays, provider complaints, patient safety concerns, and ques- tions about the accuracy of reporting to Congress, particularly re- lated to cost. Our goal today is to address these issues over two panels. With that, I would like to welcome Donald Remy, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the accountable official for VA's Electronic Health Record Modernization Initiative. He is accompanied by Dr. Terry Adirim, the Program Executive Director of the EHRM Inte- gration Office; Dr. Elnahal, VA's Under Secretary for Health; and Mr. Jon Rychalski-all right, three for four is not too bad-Assist- ant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer. I want to start just by reiterating the committee's support for VA's EHRM objective. This is an extremely important effort to solve a decade-long problem, decades-long problem, and is essential that VA get it right for the health and safety of veterans. In addi- tion, this is a major investment, and VA has a responsibility to tax- (1)

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