I think that again was what I was getting to both specifically with respect to having more than one hospital in an area.
I thank the Chair and I want to thank the Chair for having this very important hearing and all the members for being here.
We asked VA in 2014 to do something no organization can do, which is to put up a nationwide network together in 90 days.
Because really all the patient--all the veteran patient cares about June 7, I come down to the VA and I need an appointment, can I get an ap...
We know that VA can't be everything to everybody, just like the private sector sometimes has to.
I am a veteran and I have been a patient. And like any other veteran or patient, civilian or not, I am going to seek out the best care that ...
the future of the VA's health care system is in the hands of the American veteran.
We are working on legislation that would create a competitive interoperability strategy to make sure we resolve this problem as soon as poss...
Transformation is never easy, especially for an organization as large and complex as VA.
If a veteran-centric vision is not guiding this implementation, then we need to figure out what needs to change.
We want transparency. Veterans expect and deserve transparency.