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American Academy of Pediatrics reports highlights of pediatrics EHR needs

EHR Connection, August 20, 2007

The journal Pediatrics recently published a report which details the specific functionalities that EHR systems need to have in order to support pediatric care, according to The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Web site.

The report covers areas such as:

  • Immunization management
  • Medication dosing
  • Growth tracking
  • Patient identification

According to the report, pediatric EHR systems must be capable of handling certain situations. For example, the report states the following: "In the case of a child with ambiguous genitalia, an EHR system ought to allow the assignment of sex as unknown and to operate normally until the sex of the patient is assigned."

To view the AAP report, click here.

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