- Six veteran affairs were affected by an Oracle EHR stream interruption
- DOD, US COAST GUARD AND NOAA also affected by downtime
- VA plans to use Federal EHR in even more places
Oracle’s Federal Electronic Health Records (EHR) Software recently suffered a nationwide power outage, causing veterans to return to contingency procedures to continue treating patients as normal.
The stop started at. 08:37 EN On March 4, which caused software freezes and access problems, but the teams involved quickly worked on a remedy of systems that were finally restored at 1 p.m. 14:05 one, with Oracle restarts the system.
A spokesman for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) confirmed to CNBC: “Affected VA medical facilities followed the standard contingency procedures during the power outage to ensure continuity in the care of veterans.”
Oracle Power Dutch affects hospitals of veteran affairs
The agency confirmed that “all users” were affected, including the Department of Defense, the US Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as well as six VA medical facilities in Spokane, Washington; Walla Walla, Washington; Columbus, Ohio; Roseburg, Oregon; White City, Oregon; and North Chicago, Illinois.
The VA spokesman added: “The affected VA medical facilities followed the standard contingency procedures during the power interruption to ensure continuity in the care of veterans. Oracle Health performs a full root cause analysis to determine what triggered this power outage. “
Techradar Pro Have asked Oracle for more context on the subject, but we have not received an answer.
Looking ahead, VA seems to be obliged to Oracle’s Ehr. The agency said only a few days after the outbreak, “will end the implementation of the federal electronic health record system of nine additional medical facilities” in 2026, adding to the previous December message revealing another four Michigan-based facilities with Go-Live dates in 2026.
VA Secretary Doug Collins commented: “America’s veterans deserve a medical mail system that is integrated across all VA and DOD components, and that’s exactly what we want to deliver.”
Collins added VA “can and will” move faster, but it is obliged to listen to doctors, nurses and partners to get it right from get-go.
