I dont think anything will change until Dr Jayne and others take my approach of naming names, including how much…
News 10/8/25
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The VA will add nine sites to its Oracle Health EHR rollout in 2026.
Four Michigan sites will also go live in 2026.
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- It poses the question, “How long can the US allocate more than $1 trillion each to Medicare, Medicaid, and interest on the federal debt?” also noting that Medicaid spending makes up a disproportionate share of state budgets.
- The most expensive 10% of patients account for two-thirds of spending.
- Half of US adults are unable to access and/or pay for healthcare.
- “Inexplicable” price variation contributes to high costs, and negotiated rates vary wildly withing the same hospital by payer.
- The health status of Americans is deteriorating as chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, depression, and cancer rise.
- The supply of primary care physicians is insufficient and unevenly spread.
- Quality reporting and EHRs are expensive and provide low ROI.
- The UK’s NICE cost review program doesn’t recommend 75% of FDA-approved drugs, citing lack of clinical evidence and cost-effectiveness.
- Ambulatory surgery centers are capturing more surgical cases while charging less.
- Telehealth use is down, with non-behavioral virtual care declining 52% since 2020.
- The report predicts that hospital price caps are imminent unless value improves.
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The VA just opened a brand new, beautiful and spacious clinic in our town. I’d have thought that they would implement at a new facility from the get go, but alas they did not. Makes no sense!
This implementation is for the legacy Millennium EHR. Nothing “new” about it, so it makes total sense.
Article says it will be done in 2031 at the soonest, so you can think about thinking about a modern EHR starting then. (and 40 or 60 or maybe 80 billion later)
Concepts of “new” and “old” are relative in healthcare IT. Millennium is arguably the newest of the Big 3 EHRs, in terms of both technology and origins.
This does mean that you are dealing with the known limitations of Millennium, including Revenue Cycle. The upside of this is that at least you know the flaws and capabilities, and every system has some downsides. Healthcare generally doesn’t like surprises.
What would satisfy your concept of new in this case? Oracle’s re-written, cloudy Pharmacy system? That is strictly vapourware at this point, so don’t do that. Something from one of the smaller vendors?