Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Office

The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) office is driving federal health information technology (IT) solutions to lead the Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Coast Guard and other partners in implementing a single, common federal electronic health record (EHR). Our goal is to provide health IT that providers and patients don’t need to think about in order to create a seamless care experience. An EHR is software used to securely document, store, retrieve, share, and analyze information about individual patient care. It enables a digital version of a patient's health record. Our single, common federal EHR enables comprehensive patient data to be readily available wherever care is provided to better inform care; minimizes the number of times patients need to share their health histories, undergo duplicative tests, or manage printed health records; creates seamless integration of health care data; and helps ensure more efficient, safer care, and a better patient experience. Chartered in December 2019, we serve as an organizational structure that enables decision-making in the federal space and drives federal solutions for optimizing EHR implementation and operation. We are achieving this mission by actively managing risks and the operation of the joint Federal Data Center, where all federal health data resides; minimizing risk to EHR deployment and implementation; identifying opportunities for efficiency, standardization, and system and process optimization, advancing interoperability across the federal and private sectors. We are committed to supporting a lifetime of high-quality health care. With experts in analytics, clinical care, IT, training and more, we are driving federal solutions for more efficient, safer care and a better health care experience for all.