"A valid concern..." Oh please. Everyone picks the software they like and the origin of that software is an afterthought.…
Morning Headlines 10/2/25
Federal Government Shuts Down as Telehealth Flexibilities Lapse
The federal government fails to extend funding for Medicare telehealth flexibilities before it shuts down, forcing providers to limit or cease some virtual care services.
VA AI strategy says early use cases will inform adoption in new EHR
The VA emphasizes in its latest AI strategy update that early use cases of AI will help to inform eventual integration of those capabilities with its EHR and other technologies.
Fortified Health Security Acquires Latitude, Expands Cybersecurity Advisory Capabilities
Fortified Health Security acquires Latitude Information Security and names Latitude CEO Mark Ferrari VP of its new risk and governance services unit.
Quotable from the VA article: “VA aims to be an industry leader in its use of effective, reliable, and safe AI tools.”
If everything goes well (HUGE IF) in the restart, they will find themselves 10 years into the Cerner contract, at roughly the 10% mark of installing an already-obsolete legacy EHR over their existing comparably-obsolete homegrown EHR.
I don’t know what’s worse, the delusions of grandeur or the prideful twice-annual proclamations from Cerner (and now Oracle) that “our veterans deserve the best.” It’s galling.