House committee subpoenas Oracle’s Ellison about costly veterans health records project
A House committee has subpoenaed Oracle founder Larry Ellison over the company's troubled project to modernize health records for U.S. veterans, a decade-long effort that has drawn frustration from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
Why this matters: Veterans depend on accurate medical records for their care and benefits. If those records are mismanaged, delayed, or lost in a botched technology rollout, real people miss diagnoses, lose claims, and wait longer for treatment they earned. Oracle has had years and significant public money to get this right. A bipartisan subpoena means Congress has run out of patience. The accountability question is simple: who answers when a government contractor fails the people the system was built to serve?
Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance
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