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Anatomy of the VA's IT Meltdown

Posted by Zonk on from the use-your-words dept.

Lucas123 writes "According to a Computerworld story, a relatively simple breakdown in communications led to a day-long systems outage within the VA's medical centers. The ultimate result of the outage: the cancellation of a project to centralize IT systems at more than 150 medical facilities into four regional data processing centers. The shutdown 'left months of work to recover data to update the medical records of thousands of veterans. The procedural failure also exposed a common problem in IT transformation efforts: Fault lines appear when management reporting shifts from local to regional.'"

2 of 137 comments (clear)

  1. state v federal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why is Virginia trying to get into the federal record management arena? Shouldn't they keep to themselves?

  2. Easier solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    'left months of work to recover data to update the medical records of thousands of veterans.


    Stop sending our troops to fight bullshit wars, and you won't have to worry about Veteran's medical records.