WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has unveiled the next phase of its initiative to modernize health care records for veterans by expanding the Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) system deployment to nine additional sites in 2026. This announcement is part of an accelerated deployment timeline aimed at achieving full implementation across all VA facilities by 2031.
The nine newly announced sites include medical centers in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Alaska. They are as follows:
- Cincinnati VAMC-Fort Thomas (Fort Thomas, KY)
- Chillicothe VAMC (Chillicothe, OH)
- Cincinnati VAMC (Cincinnati, OH)
- Dayton VAMC (Dayton, OH)
- Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC (Cleveland, OH)
- Fort Wayne VAMC (Fort Wayne, IN)
- Marion VAMC (Marion, IN)
- Richard L. Roudebush VAMC (Indianapolis, IN)
- Alaska VA Healthcare System (Anchorage, AK)
Planning and site selection for the new deployments included collaboration among officials from VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, local medical leaders, VA clinicians, and Oracle Health, the electronic health record vendor.
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