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Fisher House at Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago will be the 100th Fisher House

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Friday, April 19, 2024
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CHICAGO, Illinois, April 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Construction of the 100th Fisher House has begun at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center located in North Chicago, Illinois.

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  • CHICAGO, Illinois, April 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Construction of the 100th Fisher House has begun at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center located in North Chicago, Illinois.
  • This Fisher House will be the 100th Fisher House operating in the United States and Europe.
  • The North Chicago Fisher House will allow up to 16 Veteran and military families to stay free of charge, serving families traveling to the health care center for medical care.
  • “Fisher House Foundation is thrilled to start construction on the new Fisher House at Lovell Federal Health Care Center,” said Fisher House Foundation Chairman and CEO Ken Fisher.

Leidos Partnership deploys electronic health record system to joint DOD-VA federal health care site

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
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RESTON, Va., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health (LPDH) today announced it successfully deployed the Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) system – which the Department of Defense calls MHS GENESIS – at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Lovell FHCC) as part of a first-of-its-kind joint Department of Defense (DOD)-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR implementation. After nearly two dozen wave deployments over the last five years, the Lovell FHCC deployment achieves 100% deployment to all DOD garrison facilities worldwide. Additionally, the Lovell FHCC deployment is the first time DOD and VA deployed the Federal EHR together at the same site.

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  • RESTON, Va., March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leidos Partnership for Defense Health (LPDH) today announced it successfully deployed the Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) system – which the Department of Defense calls MHS GENESIS – at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (Lovell FHCC) as part of a first-of-its-kind joint Department of Defense (DOD)-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) EHR implementation.
  • Additionally, the Lovell FHCC deployment is the first time DOD and VA deployed the Federal EHR together at the same site.
  • "We're proud to lead with our partners to successfully deploy the Federal EHR at Lovell FHCC," said Liz Porter, Leidos Health & Civil sector president.
  • "The Federal EHR deployment at Lovell FHCC is a landmark collaboration between the site, DOD, VA, FEHRM, the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health, and Oracle Health," said Mr. Bill Tinston, FEHRM Director.