Many of the deficiencies in the IT programs that underlie the VA health care system have already been laid out by Chairman Coffman, and I agree with his comments regarding the urgent nature of the ongoing efforts to modernize the VA scheduling and claims processing.
Shulkin agrees with Coffman on the urgent need to modernize VA IT systems.
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