The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) office works within the federal space to implement a single, common federal electronic health record (EHR) that enhances patient care and provider effectiveness. An EHR is software that's used to securely document, store, retrieve, share and analyze information about individual patient care. It enables a digital version of a patient record.

The FEHRM unites efforts and delivers common capabilities that enable the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other federal agencies to deploy the same federal EHR. Common capabilities refer to common solutions, tools and activities needed to effectively implement the federal EHR and ensure meaningful data sharing between the federal EHR and community providers.

The federal EHR helps health care systems within the federal space and beyond effectively deliver health care and benefits by bringing a common record to patients and providers. There is recognition across the board that the federal EHR saves providers time and enables more standard workflows to support enhanced clinical decision-making and patient safety.

As of today, there are more than 194,000 DOD, VA and USCG federal EHR users—such as doctors and nurses—at 135 parent military treatment facilities, five VA medical centers, 109 USCG sites and seven NOAA sites. More than 9.5 million unique patients are in the federal EHR system.