{"id":119,"date":"2022-07-17T13:37:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T17:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:09:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"What is EHRM?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:4rem;--awb-padding-bottom:4rem;--awb-padding-top-small:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1497.6px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 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class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_fade\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_fade\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/about\/federal_ehr_governance\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Federal EHR Governance<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  id=\"menu-item-3313\"  class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3313 awb-menu__li awb-menu__main-li awb-menu__main-li_regular\"  data-item-id=\"3313\"><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_fade\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_fade\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/staff-biographies\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Meet the Leadership Team<\/span><\/a><\/li><li  id=\"menu-item-201\"  class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-201 awb-menu__li awb-menu__main-li awb-menu__main-li_regular\"  data-item-id=\"201\"><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-default awb-menu__main-background-default_fade\"><\/span><span class=\"awb-menu__main-background-active awb-menu__main-background-active_fade\"><\/span><a  href=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/contact-us\/\" class=\"awb-menu__main-a awb-menu__main-a_regular\"><span class=\"menu-text\">Contact Us<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.56%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 content\"><p>VA is implementing the new Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to store and track patient medical information. This effort is known as VA\u2019s Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM). See <a class=\"fusion-one-page-text-link\" href=\"#bythenumbers\">By the numbers<\/a> for the current number of VAMCs, clinics, remote services, and end users using the Federal EHR, along with the number of Veterans served.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-selfhosted-video fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\" style=\"align-self:flex-start;max-width:400px;\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><video playsinline=\"true\" width=\"100%\" style=\"object-fit: cover;\" poster=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/VA-EHRM-Modernization_Thumbnail-20231011-v3-scaled.jpg?resize=300,169\" preload=\"auto\" controls=\"1\"><source src=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/05\/VA-EHRM-Modernization-Update_Final_2fc9cb.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><track src=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/VA-EHRM-Modernization-Update_v9-en-US.vtt\" kind=\"captions\" label=\"\" srclang=\"English\">Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos.<\/video><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 content\"><h2>Creating a seamless health care experience<\/h2>\n<p>The new, common Federal EHR will provide a single, accurate, lifetime health record for Veterans and include their health records from the Department of War (DOW), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and other federal partners. For Veterans, this will result in improved standardization of health care delivery, patient care quality, and safety. The modernized EHR also supports a more coordinated experience for VA staff and clinicians as they care for Veterans and will improve interoperability with the rest of the American health care system.<\/p>\n<h2>Connecting with community care providers<\/h2>\n<p>The Federal EHR connects with over 90% of U.S. hospitals and more than 100,000 participating provider organizations through the joint Health Information Exchange (HIE), including the CareQuality platform. Launched in partnership with DOW and the <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/news-releases\/va-dod-implement-new-capability-for-bidirectional-sharing-of-health-records-with-community-partners\/\">Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) office in April 2020<\/a>, the joint HIE allows providers to quickly and securely access patient data from participating community partners and health systems. These partners also now have their own single point of entry for accessing patient records from VA, DOW, USCG, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) when needed.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-menu-anchor\" id=\"bythenumbers\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 content\"><h2>By the numbers<\/h2>\n<p class=\"noSpacingAbove noSpacingBelow\" data-text-type=\"noSpacing\">VA is deploying the Federal EHR to all VA medical centers (VAMCs) by 2031. This graphic displays the number of VAMCs, clinics, remote services, and end users using the Federal EHR, along with the number of Veterans served.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone wp-image-3981 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Deployment-Impact_By-the-Numbers-Graphic_Oct2026.png?w=600\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Deployment-Impact_By-the-Numbers-Graphic_Oct2026.png?w=600\" alt=\"Map with stars indicating locations of sites live on the Federal EHR, plus the text 19 Medical Centers, 107 VA Clinics, 165 Remote Services, 42K+ End Users, and 780K+ Veterans Served.\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27389%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20389%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27389%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Deployment-Impact_By-the-Numbers-Graphic_Oct2026.png?resize=300,194 300w, https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Deployment-Impact_By-the-Numbers-Graphic_Oct2026.png?resize=600,389 600w, https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Deployment-Impact_By-the-Numbers-Graphic_Oct2026.png?resize=768,498 768w, https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/10\/Deployment-Impact_By-the-Numbers-Graphic_Oct2026.png 1398w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Data current as of October 2026<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"hf_cat_page":[],"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"meta_box":{"external_links":"0","endorsement":"0","first_name":"","middle_name":"","last_name":"","official_title":"","is_acting":"","bio_pronouns":"","radio_xnnlykqfrzj":"","biography_status":"","month_started":"","year_started":"","year_departed":"","month_departed":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":56,"href":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3984,"href":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/3984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hf_cat_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digital.va.gov\/ehr-modernization\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hf_cat_page?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}