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VA Hospital Upgrade Faces Critical System Failures Ahead of Expansion

12/4/2025

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) multibillion-dollar hospital computer-system upgrade project faces significant issues.
These concerns include the disappearance of critical patient notes, incorrect prescription dosages, and a nurse's claim that the system marked a patient as deceased.
The concerns arise just before a major expansion of the project.
The timing coincides with the planned expansion.

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Story summary

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) multibillion-dollar hospital computer-system upgrade project faces significant issues.
These concerns include the disappearance of critical patient notes, incorrect prescription dosages, and a nurse's claim that the system marked a patient as deceased.
The concerns arise just before a major expansion of the project.
The timing coincides with the planned expansion.