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Doug Collins: “We were the only people out here using a system right away…”

Featuring: Doug Collins, Republican | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | National

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'How Have We Been Able To Fix The System?': Guest Asks Collins About Modernizing VA Health System

Published | Video Starts at 06:25

You're going to do this. Because here was the crazy part. If they walked across the street to another hospital, they were going to use an EHRM system. So We were the only people out here using a system right away that cost me $740 million a year just to keep alive. It's time we actually did something. That's what we did. Well, thank you. One last plug before I. And I know I'm over time and I apologize. (06:25–06:31)

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Asserts that maintaining the old VA electronic health record system costs $740 million annually.

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