Author: Nichols Martin|| Date Published: September 10, 2021
Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) has received an 18-month, $134.1 million task order to deploy the company’s electronic health record platform at additional Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, FedHealth IT reported Thursday.
The health technology provider secured a 10-year, $10 billion contract in May 2018 to help VA deploy commercial technology similar to the EHR platform the Department of Defense has adopted.
Cerner works with Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) andAccenture (NYSE: ACN) as part of a partnership that won a separate 10-year, $4.3 billion contract from DOD in May 2015 to support the Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization program.
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