On April 21, 2023, VA announced that it is halting additional deployments of the new Federal electronic health record (EHR) until it is confident that the system is highly functioning at current sites and ready to deliver for Veterans and VA clinicians at future sites.
This readiness will be demonstrated by measurable improvements in the clinician and Veteran experience, sustained high-performance and high-reliability of the system, a return to expected levels of productivity at the sites where the EHR is in use, and more.
VA plans to exit the Reset and begin pre-deployment activities in FY 2025, at which time VA will release a new deployment schedule. The EHRM program is important to VA, and we are committed to making it happen. We need a single health record across the VA system and one that talks more effectively to the Department of Defense (DoD).
A list of sites that have deployed the Federal EHR are listed below.
FY21 Deployment Schedule
1 VA Medical Center deployed in Fiscal Year 2021
| Site* | Location | VISN | Wave* | Size** | Congressionally Approved (August 2020) |
Go-Live Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center | Spokane, Washington | 20 | IOC | Small | FY21 Q1 | Went live October 24, 2020 |
FY22 Deployment Schedule
4 VA Medical Centers deployed in Fiscal Year 2022
| Site | Location | VISN | Wave* | Size** | Congressionally Approved (August 2020) |
Go-Live Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center | Walla Walla, Washington | 20 | B | Small | FY21 Q2 | Went live March 26, 2022 |
| VA Central Ohio Healthcare System | Columbus, Ohio | 10 | A | Medium | FY21 Q2 | Went live April 30, 2022 |
| Roseburg VA Health Care System | Roseburg, Oregon | 20 | C | Medium | FY21 Q3 | Went live June 11, 2022 |
| VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics | White City, Oregon | 20 | B | Large | FY21 Q2 | Went live June 11, 2022 |
FY24 Deployment Schedule
1 Joint VA/DOD Medical Center in Fiscal Year 2024
| Site | Location | VISN | Wave* | Size** | Congressionally Approved (August 2020) |
Go-Live Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center | North Chicago, Illinois | 12 | l | Large | FY24 Q2 | Went live March 9, 2024 |
* Site Order: Subject to change due to clinical and technical findings from the current state reviews, VHA ongoing readiness assessment, risk assessment and findings from initial operating capability.
** Size: The VA medical center (VAMC) size classification is based on the facility complexity model for deploying the new EHR. Patient population, clinical services, other research programs and number of beds are weighted to determine the small, medium and large VAMC scale.
