Building the EHR

Resources for designing and building an electronic health record


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Index

PART 1: INTRODUCTION

  • What to Build

  • Overview of EHR Layout

PART 2: HOME

  • Home

  • Patient Search

PART 3: PATIENT FILE

  • Patient chart

    • Structure of the patient chart

    • Past medical history

    • Results: Labs

  • Workflows

  • Documentation

    • Data collection

  • Actions

    • Orders

    • Printing

    • Clinical Coding

PART 4: APPENDIX

  • Appendix A: Principles of EHR Conceptual Architecture - modularity

  • Appendix B: Principles of EHR Design - speed, Colors, Multitasking, Offline functionality

  • Appendix C: EHR Conventions

  • Appendix D: Overview of Navigation

  • Appendix E: EHR Hardware

  • Appendix F: Prior Mockups


PART 1
INTRODUCTION




PART 2
HOME SECTIONS









PART 4
APPENDIX



Appendix: Principles of EHR Design

The Role of Design in Electronic Health Records: Past, Present, & Future

Speed

Slow electronic health records: two root problems

Everything within one-to-two clicks

Colors

Color as a functional property

Color blindness & accessibility

Multitasking

Multitasking between data view and documentation

Offline functionality

The Offline Medical Record Problem


Appendix: Overview of Navigation

Navigation options starting with mobile

Cartisional Navigation

Layers & Depth

Virtual space



Appendix: EHR Hardware

Vertically stack EHR monitors