Replacement Scheduling Application Development Program Near Collapse

VA program to schedule patient appointments on verge of collapse 04/02/09. An eight-year-old, $167 million project to develop a core computer application to schedule patient appointments at hospitals run by the Veterans Affairs Department has all but collapsed, and senior executives are worried about the repercussions it could cause on the Hill and in the White House, according to an internal memo obtained by Nextgov.