Through Seamless Exchange, the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) office, Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) dramatically increase the depth and longitudinal nature of the electronic health record (EHR).
To streamline the federal EHR end-user experience, the FEHRM, DOD and VA focused on Seamless Exchange—an enhancement piloted by VA for data retrieval, deduplication and synchronization that will normalize data from numerous sources with varied formats, standards and duplications into a simplified, contextual and usable platform supporting health care. Seamless Exchange joint design decisions and reviews were completed last summer. Commercial sites using and testing Seamless Exchange shared positive feedback on its data deduplication and automated capabilities, ensuring ease of use and easy access to up-to-date, comprehensive information. The VA Seamless Exchange pilot went live at the La Grande Clinic within the Walla Walla VA system on November 7. Clinical Adoption was well received by stakeholders. The plan for expansion of the Seamless Exchange functionality at Walla Walla VA will include adding more functionality, expanding to all clinics at Walla Walla VA and will follow up with an enterprise-wide deployment in 2024. Plans for the FEHRM to expand Seamless Exchange across DOD is underway.
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