The Old Warriors Affairs Committee of the Senate submitted the progress of former Congress member Douglas Collins, the Republican of Georgia, with a majority of 18 votes for one vote, and the nomination will now be submitted to the Senate in its full form, according to a announcement issued on Thursday by the American Senator Jerry Moran, the Republican for the state Kansas.
During the hearing on Tuesday, Collins said it will address the challenges facing the Ministry of Affairs of the Veterans, including the interim employment of the health records of old warriors and make the transition to civilian life safe and smooth as possible for the mental health of the old warriors.
Why do it matter
Nothing will hinder the law of the mission, which is the legacy of the previous Trump administration, as Collins told Maran after reading his book. Written certificate.
Senator Richard Blooma, a democratic of Connecticut, asked Collins several obligations related to financing the advantages of old warriors and investments in the facilities of ancient warriors affairs provider, which he provided.
The third item in the list was related to the acquisition of old warriors. Senator Tim Shihi, the Republican, asked about Mont, about improving the transition from active service to the Ministry of Old Warriors Affairs and access to community care – specifically, to transfer medical records to old warriors.
Collins admitted that the transfer of records from the Ministry of Old Warriors Affairs to healthcare providers outside the system was an obstacle to a smooth shift to the most suitable community care for old warriors in rural areas.
He said on Tuesday that the electronic health registry updating program is one of the examples that the Ministry of Old Warriors Affairs itself “stands on the way” of the old warriors to take care.
He said in his speech to the conference: “This is a program that took many years and cost billions of dollars without reaching a solution.” Hearing. “The commitment is one of the first priorities, if confirmed, is to enter and know the reason and put this in a larger time frame to solve the problem of medical health records.”
Collins said that the situation besieged the electronic health registry of the Ministry of Affairs of the Veterans, with six facilities on the new Oracle system, has left “a state of uncertainty for the old warrior, which leaves uncertainty for the family and makes a very unhealthy experience for those who serve.”
At Moran Declare Collins’s nomination will advance to a full Senate vote, and he praised the former and veteran members of the Congress for its direct knowledge.
“During the hearing before the committee, he showed his understanding of the policies that are expected to be managed in the Ministry of Old Warriors Affairs, his care and respect for the heroes of our nation,” Moran said.
“If it is confirmed, he will be obliged to commit to working with our committee to implement decisive reforms in Virginia to provide better support for old warriors in our country and their families.”
The biggest direction
Last month, the Ministry of Old Warriors Affairs announced that it had improved the confidence of the old warriors and the consent of the doctors during the resetting of the electronic health registry update program, and that it would do so soon Resuming system deployment operations.
More than 18 months have passed since the legislators assigned the agency to make important improvements to patient safety in five health systems of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs using the new electronic health registry. After a series of interruptions and harm incidents of patients, the Office of the Inspector General of the Ministry of Old Warriors Affairs made this that Investigate the defects of the system He recommended more than 70 changes.
In November, Trump appointed Collins to the head of the Ministry of Affairs of the Old WarriorsSaying that he will be a defender of the care and support of old warriors.
Trump pointed out that “Doug is the same as an old warrior, and he is currently serving our nation as a measure in the leadership of the US Air Force reserves, and he fought for our country in the Iraq war.”
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“We will not be ashamed of challenges such as displacement, preventing suicide, modernizing electronic health records, and reducing the accumulated demand in the ministry,” Collins said in his written testimony.
Andrea Fox is a first editor in Healthcare IT News.
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