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Section 1b: EHR - Electronic Health Records

HL7 EHRS-FM Release 2: Personal Health Record System Functional Model, Release 2.0.1 (PHR-S FM)

DESCRIPTION

The PHR-S FM standard will address the functional needs of Personal Health Record system developers and users. PHR information is expected to be sent, received, or exchanged from multiple systems, including: EHR systems, insurer systems, payer systems, health information exchanges, public health systems, Internet-based health education sites, clinical trials systems, and/or collaborative care systems.

See the specification at http://hl7.org/ehrs/uv/phrsfmr2/Normative1

The Personal Health Record System Functional Model, Release 2 standard specifies features and functions necessary to create and effectively manage PHRs and that help an individual maintain a longitudinal view of his or her health history. Personal Health Record information is expected to be sent, received, or exchanged from multiple systems, including: Electronic Health Record systems, insurer systems, payer systems, health information exchanges, public health systems, Internet-based health education sites, clinical trials systems, and/or collaborative care systems.

The PHR-S FM R2.0.1 provides more modern access to the existing Personal Health Record Functional Model Release 2.0 (PHR-S FM) specification to improve the usefulness and accessibility. This version is rendered using the Common HL7 Toolset. The goal is not to add or modify any normative content.

The Joint ISO publication version of this standard is available: ISO_HL7_PHRSFM R2_2024Feb

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 EHRS-FM Release 2: Personal Health Record System Functional Model, Release 2.0.1 (PHR-S FM) may also go by the following names or acronyms:

PHR-S FM R2.0.1,HL7 PHR-S FM R2,"HL7 Personal Health Record-System Functional Model, Release 1","PHR-System Functional Model, Release 1",PHR FM,Personal Health Record System Functional Model, PHR System Standard,PHR-S FM Release 2; PHR-S FM R2,PHR-S FM

TARGETS

  • Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
  • Immunization Registries
  • Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
  • Regulatory Agency
  • Payors
  • Patients (Consumers)
  • Employers: Military; School; Nursing Home; Pharmacy
  • EHR, PHR Vendors
  • Mobile Health devices vendors
  • Emergency Services Providers
  • Local and State Departments of Health
  • Medical Imaging Service Providers
  • Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health)
  • Pharmacists, Nutritionists, Dermatologist providers

BENEFITS

The PHR-S Functional Model can be used to:

  • Promote a common understanding of PHR functions upon which developers, vendors, users and other interested parties can plan and evaluate PHR functions.
  • Provide the necessary framework to drive the requirements and applications of next level standards, such as PHR content, coding, information models, constructs and interoperability for information portability between sub-systems of a PHR-S and across more than one PHR-S.
  • Establish a standards-based method by which each realm (country) can apply these PHR-S functions to care settings, uses, and priorities.
  • Inform those concerned with new, additional, or other use of PHR data and national infrastructure what functions can be expected in a PHR-S.

 

  • Specifies essential functions and conformance criteria for development, certification, procurement and implementation of Personal Health Record systems
  • Supports Personal Health Record system certification programs underway or emerging in many countries. Supports industry need for common international reference point for Personal Health Record system functionality
  • Enables Personal Health Record information to be created and shared among patients, healthcare providers, payers, pharmacies, laboratories, public health agencies, governments, and health record banks
  • Interested parties include certification and accreditation bodies, Personal Health Record system developers, vendors, implementers, and procurement agencies

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND

The Personal Health Record System Functional Model (PHR-S FM) standard is personal health –focused; it was developed in harmony with the clinically-focused HL7 EHR System Functional Model (EHR-S FM) standard. When the EHR-S FM’s layout was enhanced from Release 1 format to Release 2 format, the HL7 Personal Health Record Work Group determined to update and harmonize the PHR-S FM from Release 1 format to Release 2 format

The PHR-S FM was approved as a Draft Standard for Trial Use (DSTU) in July 2008. Further input from industry experts, especially the international community, resulted in approval of the PHR-S FM as a joint ISO Technical Committee 215 (Health Informatics) - HL7 Work-Item. Two rounds of joint balloting followed; updates and improvements resulted in PHR-S FM, Release 1; ISO 16527. Release 2 will be offered to ISO TC215.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 EHRS-FM Release 2: Personal Health Record System Functional Model, Release 2.0.1 (PHR-S FM)

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TOPICS

  • Community-Based Health
  • Data Usability
  • Medical Records
  • Patient Care

BALLOT TYPE

  • Normative

STATUS DATE

2026-06-08

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

Electronic Health Records

PRODUCT TYPE

  • Functional Profile

STAKEHOLDERS

  • Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
  • EHR, PHR Vendors
  • Emergency Services Providers
  • Healthcare Institutions
  • Immunization Registries
  • Local and State Departments of Health
  • Medical Imaging Service Providers
  • Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)

FAMILY

  • EHR

CURRENT STATE

  • Stable

REALM

  • Universal