VA looks at cut in tech funding

On the whole, the Departments of Veterans Affairs enjoys a $6.4 billion funding boost in President Donald Trump’s budget request.

Yet as the department plans to make critical IT decisions this summer, including a long-awaited decision on what to do with its homegrown Vista electronic health record system, the proposal would cut the department’s IT spend.

While lawmakers raised concerns about this drop, VA Secretary David Shulkin is not alarmed.

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