And when it comes to electronic medical records, the VA has had a slow but high-stakes drama playing out for years. The department's records platform, VistA, first instituted in the late 1970s, is lauded as effective, reliable, and even innovative, but decades of underinvestment have eroded the platform. In the meantime, however, security researchers are finding real security issues in VistA that could affect patient care. This may be because the VA is currently attempting to phase out VistA using a new medical records system designed by Cerner Corporation. In the meantime, though, VistA is not only deployed across the VA health care system, it is also used elsewhere.

Source: New York Times August 14, 2022 07:34 UTC