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Subcommittee Hears Support for VA Inventory Modernization, VA Says Single System Could Replace Multiple Legacy Systems
Summary
VA witnesses and veterans groups supported legislation to authorize a modernized hospital inventory system. The department said multiple inventory systems now cause data disparity and that a unified solution and training would be required.
The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee examined H.R. 3494, the VA Hospital Inventory Management System Authorization Act, which would authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs to purchase or develop a modernized inventory management system for VA hospitals.
Acting VA IT official Sherry Waters told the committee that the VA currently operates multiple inventory systems—"3 systems that are running, one of which has many instances"—and that the multiplicity causes disparities and…
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