Features
From Open MedicDrive
Features of ideal electronic health record
1. Compatibility with other EHRs.
2. An open implementation, with no proprietary ownership, to provide a platform for services and innovation.
3. Dynamically extensible, to be able to contain a diverse set of information.
4. Able to contain objective information from licensed and qualified providers.
5. Able to contain subjective information from other sources including the owner of the record.
6. Able to hold a complete set of data that is directly or indirectly related to health. E.g. Financial resources.
7. Time sequenced.
8. Secure, so that the owner can decide to whom which type and quantity of information might be released.
9. Portable, so that wherever and whenever the information is needed it be communicated. Note: the most compelling use cases for a PHR are in Emergency Medicine and First Responder situations.
10. Clean user friendly interface.
11. Logged access, for auditing security.
12. Worldwide use.
13. Search enabled.
14. Sharable.
15. Not obsoleted by technology and storage mechanism changes.
16. Locatable.
17. HIPAA Compatible.
18. HL 7 sharing.
19. Inexpensive.
20. Audit trailing.
21. Anti Virus enabled.
22. Able to integrate with existing clinical health records.
22. Enabling upload of investigation reports directly from provider.
23. Multi platform functionality.
