Department of Defense

VA announces joint EHR deployment with DoD during EHRM program reset

March 11, 2024 - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Defense (DoD), and Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) office recently launched the federal EHR at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Lovell FHCC) in North Chicago, Illinois. Lovell FHCC provides healthcare to about 75,000 patients annually, including...


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VA OIG Flags Medication Safety Issues with Oracle Health EHR System

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) told members of the House VA Committee that issues with the Oracle Health EHR have put medication safety at risk for veterans,...

DoD Nears Completion of Oracle Health EHR Implementation

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Defense (DoD) has nearly completed its Oracle Health EHR implementation, according to reporting from GovCIO Media & Research. "We're virtually complete with system...

VA Suspends Further Oracle Cerner EHR Implementations for EHRM ‘Reset’

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has stopped all further Oracle Cerner EHR implementations as it conducts a “reset” of its EHR modernization (EHRM) project. VA officials said that...

VA Clinicians Face Five-Hour EHR System Service Disruption

by Hannah Nelson

Clinicians using the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR system experienced a five-hour service disruption on April 17, 2023, according to an internal VA briefing note obtained by FedScoop. The...

DoD MHS GENESIS EHR Implementation Heads Down the Homestretch

by Sarai Rodriguez

Following a series of setbacks, the Federal EHR Modernization (FEHRM) project has seen some bright spots. Among them, the Defense Health Agency (DoD) stands out as it makes headway with its MHS...

Leidos Brings DoD MHS GENESIS EHR to East Coast in Double-Wave Deployment

by Hannah Nelson

The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health (LPDH) has deployed the MHS GENESIS EHR to an additional 12,000 clinicians and providers as part of its latest double-wave deployment. Waves PORTSMOUTH/DRUM...

MHS GENESIS Update Sparks EHR Slowdown Across VA Medical Facilities

by Sarai Rodriguez

A system update to the Department of Defense (DOD) MHS GENESIS platform caused an EHR slowdown at multiple Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities,according to reporting from...

NOAA May Join Federal EHRM Program to Deploy Oracle Cerner EHR System

by Sarai Rodriguez

The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) program’s ongoing effort to deploy the Oracle Cerner EHR system across federal agencies may now include The National Oceanic...

FEHRM Hits Milestone With Half of MHS Providers Using Oracle Cerner EHR

by Hannah Nelson

The Defense Health Agency implemented the federal Oracle Cerner EHR system to 18 more military hospital and clinic commands on September 24 as part of the Federal EHR Modernization (FEHRM) project,...

DoD Affirms MHS GENESIS EHR Implementation Remains on Schedule

by Sarai Rodriguez

The Department of Defense is confident that its EHR implementation, MHS GENESIS, will be deployed on schedule and completed by the end of 2023, according to reporting from FedScoop. In light of...

OIG Finds Health Data Migration Inconsistencies in VA, DoD EHR Project

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) did not consistently migrate patient health data from legacy EHR systems when implementing a common Cerner Millennium EHR,...

Oracle Database Failure Prompts VA Cerner EHR System Outage

by Hannah Nelson

The latest outage to affect the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR modernization (EHRM) program began with an Oracle database failure, according to reporting from...

Leidos Deploys Largest Wave of DoD MHS GENESIS Cerner EHR

by Hannah Nelson

The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health (LPDH) has successfully completed its largest deployment to date of the Department of Defense (DoD) MHS GENESIS Cerner EHR. The deployment brought the EHR...

DoD MHS GENESIS EHR Implementation Set to Hit Halfway Mark in 2022

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) EHR implementation, MHS GENESIS, will be live in more than half of all military hospitals and clinics in 2022, according to reporting from the Fort Hood...

Coast Guard Completes MHS GENESIS Cerner EHR Implementation

by Hannah Nelson

The Coast Guard has completed its EHR implementation, making it the first service to fully go live with the Department of Defense (DoD) MHS GENESIS system. “I’m happy to report that we...

Joint HIE, FHIR Adoption Support Data Sharing for Veteran Care

by Hannah Nelson

The implementation of a joint HIE and FHIR adoption have helped support data sharing for veteran care, Bill Tinston, director of the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Effort (FEHRM), noted...

Poor EHR Training, System Defects Hamper DOD EHR Implementation

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Defense (DOD) has made progress in its MHS GENESIS EHR implementation, however health IT system defects and ineffective EHR training pose challenges to successful deployment,...

DoD Reaches 30% Rollout for MHS GENESIS Cerner EHR Integration

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Defense (DoD) is on track to complete its Cerner EHR integration by September 2023 with the rollout nearly a third complete, according to The Business of Federal Technology. On a...

DoD Launches MHS GENESIS EHR System Across 12 States

by Christopher Jason

The Department of Defense (DoD) has completed another EHR implementation wave after the agency and its partners recently deployed MHS GENESIS in 12 states and 25 military healthcare facilities. The...