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
03/01/2026 - 03/31/2026
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 are held 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.
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) due to potential risks in meeting project goals and objectives. • Project is nearing the end of its Execution Phase and some updates or validations for To-Be Business Process Models (BPM)s are pending. • Home approved Financial and C.1 To-Be Business Process Models (BPM)s appear bottlenecked in the CHIP review and validation process. • C.2 and C.4 drafts are under Home review.
Resources

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This focus area is rated Satisfactory (Green) but trending Yellow due to risks associated with key resources being under tight timelines and heavy workloads. • The staffing strategy to redirect existing resources does not alleviate significant gaps in coverage needed for Go-Live readiness and UAT best practices.
Quality

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This focus area is rated Satisfactory (Green) but trending Yellow. • UAT and EOE tasks are increasing, which further constrains resources and complicates execution priorities. • M&O Plan draft V5.0 remains under review with no target completion date set.
Risk And Issues

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This focus area is rated Cautionary (Yellow) due to risks associated with Risk/Issue reporting practices. • Identified risks are not analyzed consistently or early enough to assess impact on project objectives and properly plan response and mitigation. Contingency planning is frequently missing for documented risks.
Transition Readiness

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This focus area is rated Satisfactory (Green) as there is a significant amount of collaboration between OCM Lead and Home SMEs/Administrators and project team SMEs/PM and PD • OCM Plan update is 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.
Project Approval Documents
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