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WHAT IS AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD? An electronic health record, or EHR, is a technology health care teams use to store and track patient information. It is a digital version of a patient’s

chart and health record. Health care teams, including medical staff and schedulers, access the chart with a computer instead of on paper. EHRs use a secure internet connection to make

patient information accessible to any provider who is treating the patient, regardless of the connected facility the patient visits. WHAT IS EHR MODERNIZATION? VA’s legacy EHR system,

Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA)/Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), has been used since the 1980s and operates differently at every VA

facility. Because of this, CPRS at one facility cannot easily talk to CPRS at another facility, and it also cannot easily talk to the EHR that DoD uses. VA is transitioning each VA medical

center from VistA/CPRS to a standardized Federal EHR system that can securely and effectively share information between VA, DoD, other federal agencies, and participating community care

providers. Veterans deserve an EHR integrated across all VA and DoD components, which is exactly what VA will deliver with the Federal EHR. WHAT DO VETERANS NEED TO KNOW? Veterans can

prepare by ensuring their communications preferences, contact information, and addresses are updated in their VA profile at VA.gov before the Federal EHR launches at their facility.  If

you’re a Veteran, family member, caregiver, or survivor who receives health care or direct benefit payments from VA and have changed your legal name, you must update your information in

DoD’s Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS).   For more information on making updates, visit How do I Change My Name in My DEERS Record? Veterans will continue to use the

My HealtheVet on VA.gov patient portal. You can manage your VA health care in the same place you manage your other VA benefits and services. No action is needed at this time. Learn more

about My HealtheVet on VA.gov. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EHRM What is EHRM EHRM Frequently Asked Questions Federal EHR Site Deployment Schedule Latest News