{"id":262312,"date":"2026-06-02T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/ehr-modernization-effort-lacks-cyber-performance-measures-gao-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:30:12","slug":"ehr-modernization-effort-lacks-cyber-performance-measures-gao-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/ehr-modernization-effort-lacks-cyber-performance-measures-gao-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"EHR modernization effort lacks cyber performance measures, GAO finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

EHR modernization effort lacks cyber performance measures, GAO finds<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/ehr-modernation-va-dod-cybersecurity\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-02 15:17:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: fedscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization office, in charge of providing direction and oversight for federal health records across four agencies, needs to boost its interagency collaboration on cybersecurity and privacy protection, the Government Accountability Office said in a report published Tuesday.<\/p>\n

After finding the office lacked interagency collaboration goal performance measures for the past two fiscal years, the report said that Defense Department and Veterans Affairs Department leadership should \u201censure that the FEHRM\u2019s efforts to coordinate cybersecurity and privacy protection are fully meeting leading interagency collaboration practices.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout clear goals and outcomes, the FEHRM has limited insight into the specific resources, skills, or time needed to address any shared cybersecurity responsibilities,\u201d the report said. \u201cEnsuring accountability relies on monitoring, assessing, and communicating progress toward the short- and long-term outcomes by using performance measures.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report also said FEHRM has not fully articulated specific short- or long-term goals or intended outcomes related to the cybersecurity of the federal EHR or the privacy of health data within it. As of January, goals for fiscal 2026 were \u201cstill under development.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result, the FEHRM may not have critical information needed to assess and communicate progress and may be at risk of failing to achieve shared cybersecurity responsibilities,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

But not everyone agrees. The DOD did not concur with the draft GAO report sent in March, and the VA neither agreed nor disagreed, saying it has taken \u201cessential\u201d first steps.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, the VA agreed that DOD has the primary responsibility of ensuring the cybersecurity of EHRs. It said there must be concurrence to implement the recommendations to both agencies to define common goals, outcomes, and performance measures, as well as monitor, assess and communicate…<\/p>\n

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