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Electronic Health Record Requirements for Public Health Agencies

Resource Files: 
Full Report
PDF icon EHR_Requirements.pdf
Date: 
November 7, 2016
Topics: 
Planning and development
Methods and tools
Information systems development

This document provides public health agencies with a set of information system requirements needed to support electronic health records (EHRs) for case management and clinical services. These EHR requirements are designed to be general, giving public health agencies a starting point for creating more specific ones based on their organization's needs.

Citation Information: 
The Public Health Informatics Institute. "Electronic Health Record Requirements for Public Health Agencies." https://www.phii.org/ehrs-for-phas (accessed 03/12/2019).

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