White House lists Alaska among five states with new VA health record sites

The White House on Wednesday listed Alaska among five states with new VA electronic health record sites, in a Veterans Day release issued with President Donald Trump's speech at Arlington National Cemetery. The release said the VA's health record modernization is "back on track," with new sites in Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana and Alaska.

The release names no Alaska facility. VA records show the Alaska VA Healthcare System in Anchorage and its standalone clinics switched to the new system Oct. 24. The new record replaced VistA, the system the VA had used since the 1990s.

The VA had paused deployments for a reset after hundreds of problems at its six original rollout sites, which it blamed in part on local customization of the system. In March 2025, it named the Alaska system among nine medical centers added to an accelerated 2026 schedule. In June, the VA's IT chief acknowledged the department had lost experienced workers since the administration took office.

Alaska VA acting director Jennifer Price had warned veterans that refills and scheduling could be disrupted from about 10 days before launch to about six days after. "My recommendation to Alaska Veterans is to get your prescription refills and your appointments scheduled now," she said.

After the launch, the Alaska VA reported minor equipment and documentation problems and some outstanding data issues. Its chief of pharmacy, Dr. Hyo Ju Kim, said 136,537 of 137,074 prescription records moved to the new system, a 99.6% success rate.

The VA said it deployed the system at 13 hospitals in 2026 and plans 26 more in 2027.