Mission
The FEHRM’s primary mission is to implement a single, common federal EHR to enhance patient care and provider effectiveness, wherever care is provided.
Objectives
The FEHRM is achieving its mission by:
- Actively managing risks and the operation of the joint Federal Data Center, where all federal health data resides
- Minimizing risk to EHR deployment and implementation
- Identifying opportunities for efficiency, standardization and system and process optimization
- Advancing interoperability across the federal and private sectors
In April 2020, the FEHRM launched the joint health information exchange (HIE), a critical step forward in achieving these objectives. Building upon the success of DOD’s and VA’s health information exchange work, the joint HIE is an enhanced network of private sector providers across the United States who have agreed to securely share clinical information with DOD and VA providers. The joint HIE enhances the ability of DOD and VA providers to quickly and securely access patient electronic health information from participating private sector providers and vice versa to help providers make more informed treatment decisions.
Such digital sharing of data also helps minimize the number of times patients need to share their health histories, undergo duplicative tests or manage printed health records. While the single, common EHR is the federal source for a patient’s health history, the joint HIE is what links the federal EHR information to the private sector EHR information.
The FEHRM’s continued efforts with EHR modernization and the joint HIE is transforming health care delivery for Service members, Veterans and their families. With experts in analytics, clinical care, information technology and training, the FEHRM is driving federal solutions for more efficient, safer care and a better health care experience for all.
Policy and Legislation
FEHRM Charter
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
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Publication
7/29/2020
The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) Program Office is authorized by existing statutes that established the Department of Defense/Veterans Affairs (DoD/VA) Interagency Program Office (IPO). This Charter supersedes all previous IPO Charters, and the organization will henceforth be referred to as the FEHRM.
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Policy
This Defense Health Agency-Interim Procedures Memorandum (DHA-IPM), establishes the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) procedures to: Outline responsibilities for MHS and Service Department CM personnel to utilize the CM Screening Registry; Identify requirements to utilize CM coding in alignment with current MHS CM coding guidance; and Require the use of standardized Adult and Pediatric Tri-Service Workflow (TSWF) forms for CM documentation (inclusive of telephonic, virtual, or face to face screening) located within AHLTA system and future Electronic Health Record MHS GENESIS
Policy
This Defense Health Agency-Interim Procedures Memorandum (DHA-IPM), based on the authority of References (a) and (b), and in accordance with the guidance of References (c) through (s):
• Establishes the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) procedures for centralized oversight, standardized operations, and ensured quality and performance for the coding of DoD Health Records.
• This DHA-IPM is effective immediately; it will be converted into a DHA-Procedural Instruction. This DHA-IPM will expire 12 months from the date of issue.
Policy
This DHA-PI establishes Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) procedures to provide key stakeholders’ responsibilities for connecting medical devices to MHS GENESIS; establish clinical expectations for connecting medical devices to MHS GENESIS; provide references for MTFs to use in procuring medical devices that will be connected to MHS GENESIS; and provide process for MTFs to elevate medical device connection issues related to MHS GENESIS.
Policy
This Defense Health Agency-Procedural Instruction (DHA-PI), establishes the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) procedures to remove erroneously entered information in the EHRs. In general, these procedures should be limited to Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or Protected Health Information (PHI) pertaining to one person or persons, but entered inadvertently into the record of a different person. These procedures may also be applied to other information (e.g., incorrect adverse diagnosis), as deemed necessary after appropriate review. All efforts to correct documentation errors at the user level should be expended prior to requesting a correction. Patient-initiated requests to correct the EHR must be completed within 60 days of the request being received by the covered entity (the Military Medical Treatment Facility (MTF)), or 90 days if applicable extension requirements are met.
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