VA EHR Office Shrinks Headcount under Trump’s Federal Workforce Policies

The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to resume deployments of its new Electronic Health Record in mid-2026.But watchdog offices say the VA isn’t yet halfway through a list of projects and improvements for a handful of sites already using the Oracle-Cerner EHR.The VA is looking to launch the new EHR at four sites in Michigan by mid-2026. VA Secretary Doug Collins told lawmakers during his confirmation hearing that he’s looking to accelerate that timeline.The project has largely been on hold since April 2023, when the department began a “reset” period to address persistent problems with the system.Neil Evans, the acting program executive director of VA’s EHR Modernization Integration Office, told members of the House VA Committee that EHR pre-deployment activities began last month in Michigan, and are going well.