Stefan, I agree.
For me the EHR contains data and information that is placed there because of an author/healthcare provider. In my 'book' all data and information must be there because of the execution of an act by a human. There is a strong legal requirement that always a human can be held accountable for what is in the EHR or is not in the EHR. The prime function of the EHR is to be the container where the healthcare provider as author documents the healthcare provision process. Next to the EHR data and information, there is a need for EHR-systems to hold data and information that has been received and is waiting to be inserted by the author/healthcare provider. In other words I see the need for an IN-box and an OUT-box where data and information sits in limbo until it is processed by the author/healthcare provider. Data and information in these boxes is NOT part of the EHR proper, but connected to, or associated with, it. Gerard Freriks +31 620347088 gfrer at luna.nl On 21 Jun 2012, at 12:18, Stefan Sauermann wrote: > Hello! > Just a few cents, as Gerard wrote: > > > Everything documented in an EHR is based on human interpretation. > A raw, non-validated, blood glucose value is not based on human > interpretation. It comes out of a machine. > It is a requirement for EHRs to support the clinical validation process. > I therefore conclude that some EHRs need to store information that is not > based on human interpretation. > > Hope this helps, greetings from Vienna, > > Stefan Sauermann > > Program Director > Biomedical Engineering Sciences (Master) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/pipermail/openehr-clinical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20120621/e01738c2/attachment.html>
