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Section 1b: EHR - Electronic Health Records

HL7 EHR-S FM R2.1 Functional Profile: Problem-Oriented Health Record (POHR) for Problem List Management (PLM), Edition 1

DESCRIPTION

The POHR FP project identifies relevant functions and conformance criteria from HL7/ISO 10781, EHR-S FM Release 2.1, modifying and adding to those functions and conformance criteria where appropriate. Release 1 focuses on Problem List Management, the problem list being the central component of a POHR. The POHR concept is a standard for organizing data in medical records, paper or electronic, not limited to specific care settings, domains, or jurisdictions. The POHR FP is a Functional Domain Profile.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 EHR-S FM R2.1 Functional Profile: Problem-Oriented Health Record (POHR) for Problem List Management (PLM), Edition 1 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

POHR, POMR

BENEFITS

Increased clinical functionality, usability, interoperability, and transparency in EHRs for both primary uses in patient care and secondary uses surrounding patient care

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND

This project has thus far developed a Problem List Management (PLM) initial component, designated Release 1 of the Problem-Oriented Health Record (POHR) Functional Profile. That initial component will be subsumed in and modified/expanded by one or more subsequent releases of the POHR FP Project.

TOPIC

Medical Records

BALLOT TYPE

Informative

STATUS DATE

PRODUCT TYPE

Functional Profile

STAKEHOLDERS

Clinical Decision Support Systems Vendors
EHR, PHR Vendors
Health Care IT Vendors
Healthcare Institutions
Payors
Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)