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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Electronic Health Record Glitch

Electronic health record glitch put VA patients at risk 01/24/09. Glitches in Veterans Affairs Department electronic medical records software led to problems in the treatment of nine patients in three facilities in October and November 2008, drawing the ire of a key congressional overseer. The software problems came about after VA distributed version 27 of its Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) to medical facilities in late August. The software was to be installed by Oct. 6. Government Health IT

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