HL7 Electronic Health Record System Functional Model, Release 2.1.1
2.1.1 - Normative

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## : AS.6.5 Support Waiting Room Management (Function)

Page standards status: Normative

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        <div id="description"><b>Description <a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#std-process" title="Informative Content" class="informative-flag">I</a>:</b> <div><p>An EHR-S should support the reporting, tracking and alerts needed to help managethose patients that need to wait and supporting prioritization decisions by the clinicians who are caring for them.</p>
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                AS.6.5#01
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                SHALL

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                    <div><p>The system SHALL present a list of triaged patients.</p>
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                AS.6.5#02
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                SHOULD

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                    <div><p>The system SHOULD provide the ability to present triaged patients filtered and sorted simultaneously by multiple criteria, such as provider, ward, triage acuity rating and wait time.</p>
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                AS.6.5#03
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                MAY

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                    <div><p>The system MAY render an alert when a parameter has been exceeded, such as the number of patients waiting, or the length of wait time.</p>
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                AS.6.5#04
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                SHOULD

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                    <div><p>The system SHOULD provide the ability to store information about wait times.</p>
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