Department of Veterans Affairs

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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