Hsm 330 Health Service Information Systems Application Paper
Application Paper #2
EHR Functionality Standards or Certification
HSM 330 Health Service Information Systems Application Paper #1
From what I can find looking at both the HL7 website and the CCHIT certification website it is once you have your electronic health record system up and running you’re required to be certified. To be certified your system must reach a specific set of functionality standards. Sometimes if you select a system and software from a vendor and have it implemented and set up for your all at once it will probably be certified from the get go. However it is more common to slowly implement an electronic health record system over time using multiple different products to develop your own personal electronic health …show more content…
records system you may have as a healthcare organization get your own certification. This would most definitely impact the way I choose to select an electronic health system for my office if I were in that position.
Knowing that I most likely wouldn’t be part of opening a brand new private office to be able to implement a system directly from a vendor all at once, I would first start by making sure the products I was looking at meet the HL7 standards which are as follows.
1. Primary Standards- Their considered the most popular standards for integral system integrations, inter-operability and compliance.
2. Foundational Standards- These define the fundamental tools and building blocks used to build the standards and the technological infrastructure that implementers of HL7 standards must manage.
3. Clinical and Administrative Domains- This is where the standards for messaging and document standards are found.
4. EHR Profiles- These standards provide functional models and profiles that enables the management of the files.
5. Implementation Guides- Has guides and support documents to be used during implementation and use.
6. Rules and References- Technical specifications, programming structures and guidelines for software and standards development.
7. Education and Awareness- Find the HL7’s draft standards for trial use and current use here as well as tools to further supplement understanding and adoption of HL7
standards.
The fact that HL7 standards cover the complete life cycle of a EHR’s standards of specification which include the development, adoptions, market recognition, utilization, and adherence is what would make me ask these question as I was taking time to shop around and actually choose the systems we were going to use together to make our comprehensive EHR system. If for example they didn’t meet these standards I would be back out shopping as there is no point in implementing a EHR system that isn’t going to meet certification when it comes time.
References
CCHIT (2013). Get Certified - CCHIT. Retrieved October 2013, from https://www.cchit.org/certification;jsessionid=C279D688B5B3A16275F2CE608E33AC81
Health Level Seven International (2007). Introduction to HL7 Standards. Retrieved October 2013, from http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/index.cfm?ref=quickLink
EHR Functionality Standards or Certification
HSM 330 Health Service Information Systems Application Paper #1
From what I can find looking at both the HL7 website and the CCHIT certification website it is once you have your electronic health record system up and running you’re required to be certified. To be certified your system must reach a specific set of functionality standards. Sometimes if you select a system and software from a vendor and have it implemented and set up for your all at once it will probably be certified from the get go. However it is more common to slowly implement an electronic health record system over time using multiple different products to develop your own personal electronic health …show more content…
records system you may have as a healthcare organization get your own certification. This would most definitely impact the way I choose to select an electronic health system for my office if I were in that position.
Knowing that I most likely wouldn’t be part of opening a brand new private office to be able to implement a system directly from a vendor all at once, I would first start by making sure the products I was looking at meet the HL7 standards which are as follows.
1. Primary Standards- Their considered the most popular standards for integral system integrations, inter-operability and compliance.
2. Foundational Standards- These define the fundamental tools and building blocks used to build the standards and the technological infrastructure that implementers of HL7 standards must manage.
3. Clinical and Administrative Domains- This is where the standards for messaging and document standards are found.
4. EHR Profiles- These standards provide functional models and profiles that enables the management of the files.
5. Implementation Guides- Has guides and support documents to be used during implementation and use.
6. Rules and References- Technical specifications, programming structures and guidelines for software and standards development.
7. Education and Awareness- Find the HL7’s draft standards for trial use and current use here as well as tools to further supplement understanding and adoption of HL7
standards.
The fact that HL7 standards cover the complete life cycle of a EHR’s standards of specification which include the development, adoptions, market recognition, utilization, and adherence is what would make me ask these question as I was taking time to shop around and actually choose the systems we were going to use together to make our comprehensive EHR system. If for example they didn’t meet these standards I would be back out shopping as there is no point in implementing a EHR system that isn’t going to meet certification when it comes time.
References
CCHIT (2013). Get Certified - CCHIT. Retrieved October 2013, from https://www.cchit.org/certification;jsessionid=C279D688B5B3A16275F2CE608E33AC81
Health Level Seven International (2007). Introduction to HL7 Standards. Retrieved October 2013, from http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/index.cfm?ref=quickLink