Projects like Health Level 7 are currently attempting to define the minimum functions an EHR should perform to help physicians practice better medicine and improve the bottom line. Some of these functions include, but are not limited to:
Basic Functions of an EHR
- Identify and maintain a patient record
- Manage patient demographics
- Manage problem lists
- Manage medication lists
- Manage patient history
- Manage clinical documents and notes
- Capture external clinical documents
- Present care plans, guidelines, and protocols
- Manage guidelines, protocols and patient-specific care plans
- Generate and record patient-specific instructions
HL7 list of EHR functions
-- Read a full description of each element considered necessary by HL7.
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