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2. A directory service component to provide a core persons demographic database to search for and authenticate staff users of the system and to anchor patient identification and connection to their healthcare record. |
3. A clinical record schema management tool that enables clinicians or engineers to define and export the data sets mapping to individual feeder systems. |
4. An expansible set of clinical management algorithms that provide prompts to the patient or clinician to assist in the management of patient care, including the generation of patient-specific alerts sent to the responsible clinician by e-mail. |
5. High quality tools to analyze the data by clinicians and patients, within individual electronic healthcare records in order to: |
- observe trends and patterns in the health of a patient;
- enable the use of clinical guidelines and decision support systems as part of
evidence-based practice;
- perform clinical audit;
- inform management and commissioning decisions;
- support epidemiology, research and teaching activities.
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| Benefits |
- Use of information systems to access key data on individuals and populations
- Stratifying patients by risk
- Involving patients in their own care
- Co-ordinated care
- Integrating specialist and generalist expertise
- Integrating care across organizational boundaries
- Aiming to minimize unnecessary visits and admissions
- Providing care in the least intensive setting
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Good chronic disease management can make a real difference, helping to prevent crisis and deterioration,
and enabling people living with chronic conditions to attain the best possible quality of life. |
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