Independent Project Oversight Report (IPOR) Rating

8950-059 CalVet Electronic Health Record (CEHR)

The California Department of Veterans Affairs proposes to replace the existing Veteran Home’s electronic health records system.

Project Details

Agency / State Entity General Government / Veterans Affairs, Department of
Total Cost $39,067,807
Last Approved Start Date 03/09/2020
Last Approved Finish Date 10/16/2026
Criticality Rating Medium
IPOR Reporting Period Overall IPOR Rating
05/01/2026 - 05/31/2026
Green
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Key Questions

Is the project on track to satisfy the customer's business objectives?Yes

Is the project on track to achieve the objectives in the approved timeframe?Yes

Is the project on track to achieve the objectives within the approved budget?Yes

Project Overall Health Comments
Green
The CEHR Project is rated Satisfactory (GREEN) as overall the project is progressing in alignment with the project’s schedule and costs to the approved SPR 3 timeline and budget baseline.
Focus Area/Rating Comments
Governance

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This focus area is rated Cautionary (Yellow). • Executive Status Meetings (ESC) continue on a monthly basis but remain inconsistent with the Governance Plan v4.0 Roles and Responsibilities.
Time Management

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This focus area is rated as Satisfactory (Green). • Project end date is “on schedule” per the CDT approved SPR3 baseline. • Project Status and Schedule reporting is submitted timely. • Schedule management practices are being executed in accordance with the documented approach (i.e. Schedule Management Plan) including updates, progress tracking and reasonable duration/effort estimates.
Cost & Contract Management

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This focus area is rated Satisfactory (Green). • Project expenditures to date align with the Financial Analysis Worksheets (FAW) of the approved SPR 3 baseline. • Unanticipated Task funding is expended, and additional Change Requests (CRs) are not critical to project completion.
Scope Management

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This focus area is rated Satisfactory (Green) but trending Cautionary (Yellow). • Requirements management tool is getting caught up to being current with the hire of a Requirements Manager. • Updates to actively align PAL Stage 2 mid-level requirements and Stage 3 solution requirements within the project requirements repository continue. Teams are making progress to specifically reference requirements in project documentation artifacts, use cases, etc.
Resources

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This focus area is rated Satisfactory (Green) but trending Cautionary (Yellow). • Resources understand and consistently attempt to fulfill assigned roles. • CalVet Health Informatics Program (CHIP) key resource appears to be a bottleneck for CEHR team and SME leads to complete essential tasks timely.
Quality

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This focus area is rated Satisfactory (Green) but trending Cautionary (Yellow). • Extent of post-production defects is low. Defects are evaluated, prioritized and corrected. • Unanticipated EOE incidents occurred and are being stabilized. • M&O Plan draft V5.0 is in approval routing.
Risk And Issues

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This focus area remains Cautionary (Yellow) and trending Satisfactory (Green). • Key UAT documentation activities remain outstanding. • Contingency planning is discussed but remains not well documented.
Transition Readiness

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This focus area is rated Satisfactory (Green). • Training, business process impacts, and communications are planned, scheduled, and executed appropriately to the transition and Go-Live dates. • OCM Plan update remains pending final approval.
Conditions For Approval

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No conditions for approval.
Corrective Action

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No corrective action plans are required at this time.
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