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Maggie Goodlander: “Patient safety event Reporting peaks at 3 times the baseline and remains elevated up to 1.7 times the baseline…”

Featuring: Maggie Goodlander, Democratic | U.S. House New Hampshire, 2nd Congressional District

'Why Did You Redact This Document?: Goodlander Presses VA Official About Missing Cost Estimates

Published October 3, 2026

… reading the testimony from the Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs Nova in which they made clear, and I'm quoting here from their written testimony, that across all Go live sites, Patient safety event Reporting peaks at 3 times the baseline and remains elevated up to 1.7 times the baseline through 24 months. with no return to the pre Oracle Cerner baseline. So can you tell us about this very unusual and disturbing statistic on patient safety event reporting? Right. We encourage reporting. (04:17–04:27)

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Asserts that patient safety event reporting increased significantly and remained elevated for 24 months.

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“Oracle has had committed to eating the costs, any additional costs for this contract.”
Asserts that Oracle committed to covering additional costs for a contract.02:31-02:38
“Your department redacted key numbers that this committee, the Congress, and the American people as a whole deserve to know.”
Asserts that key numbers were redacted from a document that should be public.03:05-03:14
“Was the VA aware of this statistic and, and this state of play before you requested a $17 billion increase and set a 2031 acceleration target?”
Asserts that the VA requested a $17 billion increase and set a 2031 target despite being aware of patient safety issues.04:50-05:04