VA and DOD Now Default to Sharing Patient Data with Private-Sector Providers

NextGov: While many of the central projects under the Veterans Affairs and Defense departments’ concurrent electronic health records rollouts are being delayed to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, the joint program office reached a major data-sharing milestone this weekend.

On Saturday, the joint Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization, or FEHRM, program office stood up the DOD and VA Health Information Exchange, which will allow medical providers at both agencies to share patient data with private-sector health care organization, such as specialists and urgent care clinics.

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