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Enhancing the Care Experience

The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) office and its partners are implementing a single, common Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) that enhances patient care and provider effectiveness.

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  • Coming Up: The State of the Federal EHR

    The State of the Federal EHR

    Mark your calendar and register to join the FEHRM for The State of the Federal EHR on May 21.

  • Pursuing Optimization With Data Exchange

    Pursuing Optimization

    Ms. Crystal Baum, FEHRM Data Integration Solutions Director, highlights data exchange capabilities.

  • FEHRM Fact Sheet

    FEHRM Fact Sheet

    Check out the FEHRM Fact Sheet to learn more about the FEHRM and Federal EHR.

The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) office works within the federal space to implement a single, common Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) that enhances patient care and provider effectiveness. An EHR is software that is used to securely document, store, retrieve, share, and analyze information about individual patient care. It enables a digital version of a patient record.

The FEHRM unites efforts and delivers common capabilities that enable the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and other federal agencies to deploy the same Federal EHR. Common capabilities refer to common solutions, tools, and activities needed to effectively implement the Federal EHR and ensure meaningful data sharing between the Federal EHR and community providers.

The Federal EHR helps health care systems within the federal space and beyond effectively deliver health care and benefits by bringing a common record to patients and providers. There is recognition across the board that the Federal EHR saves providers time and enables more standard workflows to support enhanced clinical decision-making and patient safety.

As of today, there are more than 207,000 DOD, VA, USCG, and NOAA Federal EHR users, such as doctors and nurses; 138 parent military treatment facilities; six VA medical centers; 110 USCG sites, and seven NOAA sites. More than 8.5 million unique patients are in the Federal EHR system.

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Mission-Driven

The FEHRM’s primary mission is to implement a single, common Federal EHR to enhance patient care and provider effectiveness. Learn more about the FEHRM.

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Partnering for Success

The Federal EHR saves providers time and enables more standard workflows to support enhanced clinical decision-making and patient safety. Learn more about how the Federal EHR is driving success in health care delivery.

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A Commitment to Patients

The FEHRM is driving federal solutions to support effective health care delivery within the federal space that puts patients in the center. Learn more about the benefits of the Federal EHR to patients.

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Collaborating with Participating Provider Organizations

Enhancing the ability of DOD, VA, USCG, and NOAA providers to quickly and securely access patient electronic health information from participating provider organizations, the joint health information exchange (HIE) significantly expands interoperability capabilities. Learn more about how the joint HIE is transforming care.