# Inside the Federal EHR Modernization Effort | HealthCast Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/inside-the-federal-ehr-modernization-effort-healthcast Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/inside-the-federal-ehr-modernization-effort-healthcast.md Podcast: [GovCIO Media & Research Podcasts](https://stenobird.com/podcast/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090) Published: 2026-09-22T12:45:00+00:00 Episode link: https://govciomedia.com/podcasts/ Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/governmentcio-media-govcast/HealthCast_Lance_Scott_V4.mp3?dest-id=785468 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/episodes/inside-the-federal-ehr-modernization-effort-healthcast Duration seconds: 402 ## Resource The federal government is modernizing electronic health records to give clinicians more seamless access to patient data across agencies and improve the delivery of care. Lance Scott, CTO for the Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Office (FEHRM), discussed how the office is coordinating technology efforts across agencies to improve interoperability and standardize health information sharing. Scott explored the state of EHR modernization across the government, including ongoing efforts with the Departments of Veterans Affairs and War. He also discusses how FEHRM is working with additional federal organizations to expand the shared EHR ecosystem and improve the exchange of health information across the government. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/episodes/inside-the-federal-ehr-modernization-effort-healthcast/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/govcio-media-research-podcasts-236090/inside-the-federal-ehr-modernization-effort-healthcast.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.