HL7 EHR Pharmacist/Pharmacy Provider Functional Profile, Release 1

DESCRIPTION

The Pharmacist/Pharmacy Provider Functional Profile will facilitate EHR systems capture of medication and clinical related data at the point of contact or point of care by specifying the functional requirements needed to support messaging among prescribers, pharmacist and pharmacy providers and other health care entities needing medication-related information.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 EHR Pharmacist/Pharmacy Provider Functional Profile, Release 1 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

TARGETS

• Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
• Payers, Processors, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs)
• Pharmacy Systems Vendors
• Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Personal Health Record (PHR) Vendors
• Health Information Systems (HIS) Vendors
• Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health)
• Pharmacists

BENEFITS

• Facilitates EHR systems capturing clinical medication related data at the point of contact or point of care. 
• Supports messaging among prescribers, pharmacist/pharmacy providers and other healthcare entities needing medication related information by describing the system functional requirements needed.

IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES

• CCHIT

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND

The profile is initially U.S. focused; however it may be expanded to include international affiliates.

This was jointly balloted by the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) and HL7.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

	HL7 EHR Pharmacist/Pharmacy Provider Functional Profile, Release 1		(Download)
	HL7 EHR-System Implementation Guide: Pharmacist/Pharmacy Provider Functional Profile for Community Practice, R1	(View Brief)	(Download) (1.18 MB)

TOPIC

• Pharmacy

BALLOT TYPE

• Normative

STATUS DATE

2012-03-16

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

PRODUCT TYPE

• Functional Profile

STAKEHOLDERS

• Healthcare Institutions
• Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)

FAMILY

• EHR

CURRENT STATE

• Stable

REALM

• Universal