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Section 1b: EHR - Electronic Health Records

HL7 EHR-S FM Release 2.1: Usability Functional Profile, Edition 2

DESCRIPTION

The Usability Functional Profile (UFP) of HL7's Electronic Health Record (EHR) System Functional Model contains a list of Functions and Conformance Criteria that promote the usability of EHR systems. The UFP also contains an Overview Chapter that describes EHR System Usability and the proper use of the UFP, enabling Health Information system designers to design systems that account for and accommodate human factors. An EHR system that possesses UFP capabilities supports purchasing decisions by clinicians and other users of systems that meet traditional human-computer interaction requirements.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 EHR-S FM Release 2.1: Usability Functional Profile, Edition 2 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

"HL7 EHRS-FM Release 2.0.1: Usability Functional Profile, Edition 2","HL7 EHRS-FM Release 2.0.1: Usability Functional Profile, Edition 1","HL7 Specification: Usability Guidelines for EHR Systems, R1",Usability Functional Profile,Usability Functional Profile of the EHR-S FM

BENEFITS

  • Enables Health Information System designers to design systems that account for and accommodate human factors.
  • Supports purchasing decisions by clinicians and other users of systems that meet traditional human-computer interface requirements.
  • Offers guidance to stakeholders that may help meet users’ human-factors needs.  

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND

The standard was developed in collaboration with Usability and Human-Factors experts, researchers, system design professionals, clinicians, informaticists, standards development organizations, and other relevant stakeholders. An extensive search of Usability literature was also conducted.

An extensive scan of usability-related literature was conducted, harmonized, synthesized, and grouped into the standardized Conformance Criteria format of the HL7 EHR System Functional Model.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 EHR-S FM Release 2.1: Usability Functional Profile, Edition 2

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TOPIC

  • Data Usability

BALLOT TYPE

  • Normative

STATUS DATE

2026-09-15

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

Electronic Health Records

PRODUCT TYPE

  • Functional Profile

STAKEHOLDERS

  • EHR, PHR Vendors
  • Health Care IT Vendors
  • Healthcare Institutions
  • HIS Vendors
  • Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)

FAMILY

  • EHR

CURRENT STATE

  • Active

REALM

  • Universal