The VA’s progress on electronic health records and more D.C. events

It’s another busy day in our nation’s capital. Here’s what to keep an eye on: 

• Electronic health records: A subcommittee of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs is holding a hearing to look at the VA’s progress toward moving health records to an electronic platform over the next decade.
• Day two on Juul: Juul’s co-founder and its chief administration officer will be testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform today, as will the president of an anti-tobacco advocacy group, on the second day of a hearing on Juul and skyrocketing youth e-cigarette use. 
• Opioid crisis: The House Committee on Homeland Security is holding a hearing on the opioid crisis and its possible impact on domestic security. What could it entail? “Drug trafficking, organized crime, and just broadly overdose and death,” my D.C. colleague Lev Facher says.