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Jared Serbu, DoD Reporter, Federal News Radio

The Department of Veterans Affairs is out with a new procurement to fix its patient scheduling system -- the one it's been using since 1986 -- and the one that ...

Federal News Network Staff

November 21, 2014 4:04 pm

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The Department of Veterans Affairs is out with a new procurement to fix its patient scheduling system — the one it’s been using since 1986 — and the one that staffers used to manipulate data on patient waiting times in Phoenix and in several other locations across the country. VA wants to buy a commercial off- the-shelf solution to do the job, but it’s estimating it’ll cost up to $700 million. Federal News Radio DoD Reporter Jared Serbu tells In Depth with Francis Rose why in this week’s edition of Inside the Reporter’s Notebook.