Lawmakers Grill DoD, VA Officials On iEHR In Closed-Door Meeting

The House Veterans Affairs Committee held a closed-door meeting May 23 to discuss progress toward a VA and Defense Department integrated electronic health record. Officials were "grilled" as lawmakers pressed for answers on the project, said one attendee.

"They read McGrath the riot act," said a source speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Defense Department Deputy Chief Management Officer Beth McGrath, DoD's Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Frank Kendall, VA's Acting Chief Information Officer Stephen Warren, and Interagency Program Office Director Barclay Butler, were among the attendees of the "iEHR roundtable" according to a list obtained by FierceGovernmentIT.