VA Cans 12 Health IT Projects, Reinstitutes 32 Others

VA kills 12 health IT projects, puts 32 back on track 02/24/10. Several health IT projects at the Department of Veterans Affairs have been canned following evaluations performed under a stringent project management program while still others have earned a new lease on life as a result of the same program. On a conference call today, Roger Baker, the VA's assistant secretary for information and technology, said that evaluations under the Program Management Accountability System (PMAS), which was inaugurated last summer, led to the termination of 12 projects and to the restarting of 32 of them. One project is still awaiting a final determination. Government Health IT