The Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health records overhaul has been underway for five years, but events coming in 2023 could decide whether the effort still has any future.

The 10-year, $16 billion health records modernization project started in 2017 under then President Donald Trump and was touted as a way to provide better care to troops and veterans throughout their lives.

Veterans health records have been shifted from an aging, internal VA records system to private-sector software maintained by Oracle-Cerner that is compatible with military health records.

The goal is to allow VA and the Department of Defense to more easily share health care information, providing seamless service to individuals as they leave the military and transition to civilian life.