Capability
Patient Health Information Capture
Description of Capability
- This functionality enables a user to capture patient health information sent by the patient from the patient portal to the EHR.
Cost and Fees
Types of costs or fees that a user may be required to pay to purchase, license, implement, maintain, upgrade, use, or otherwise enable and support the use of the implementation or use of the capability -OR- in connection with the data generated in the course using the capability.
Cost and Fees:
Clients are required to subscribe to a Monthly Provider License of Freedom | PM | EHR | ERX in order to possess the 2015 certified EHR technology capabilities. Provider licenses are charged on a per provider basis for (Full-Time / Part-Time) providers. Use of the following relied upon 3rd Party services is included in the monthly provider license subscription:
- DrFirst Rcopia
- EBSCO Patient Education Reference Center (PERC)
- EBSCO Dynamed
- IMO Procedure, Problem
- Medline Plus
- EMR Direct
Monthly Fee:
- Monthly Provider License Fee (Full-Time / Part-Time)
One-Time Implementation & Setup Fee:
- Patient Portal Configuration Fee
Annual Maintenance Fee:
- Included with Monthly Provider License Fee
Contractual Limitations
Limitations of a contractual nature (including developer policies and other business practices) that a user may encounter in the implementation or use of the capability -OR- in the connection with the data generated in the course of using the capability.
Contractual Limitations:
- None
Technical or Practical Limitations
Limitations of a technical or practical nature that a user may encounter that could prevent or impair the successful implementation, configuration, maintenance, support, or use of the capability -OR- prevent or limit the use, exchange, or portability of any data generated in the course of using the capability.
Technical Limitations:
- This certified EHR uses the Patient Portal to send Patient Health Information from the patient to the provider’s EHR database.
- Patient Portal access may be limited to the continental United States of America.
- This certified EHR requires patients to have internet access in order to obtain access to the patient portal and patient health information capture feature.
- This certified EHR limits file attachment sizes to 4 MB per transmission.
Practical Limitations:
- The certified EHR interacts with end-user devices when accessing the system via a secure encrypted connection.
- The EHR is designed to prevent electronic health information from being locally stored on end-user devices.
- End users should take appropriate security precautions when saving reports, printing, or exporting data to the end-users device as this data is no longer within the EHR technologies’ control.