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

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## : POP.3 Support for Notification and Response (Function)

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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>After receiving a notice of a health risk within a cared-for population from public health authorities or other external authoritative sources:*Identify and notify individual care providers or care managers that a risk has been identified and requires attention; and *Provide suggestions on the appropriate course of action.</p>
    <p>A care provider now has the ability to decide how patients are notified, if necessary. For example, this function may be used after detection of a local outbreak of hepatitis A, advising providers of the at-risk population and potential prophylactic treatment. A second example might be the dissemination of new care guidelines for elderly patients with a specific chronic disease.</p>
    <p>Notifications to clinicians or patients may occur by telephone, email, FAX or other methods.</p>
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        <div id="requirements"><b>Criteria <a href="https://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#std-process" title="Normative Content" class="normative-flag">N</a>:</b></div>

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                POP.3#01
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                SHALL

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                    <div><p>The system SHALL provide the ability to capture, maintain and render the identity of individual care providers or care managers within a cared-for population according to scope of practice, organizational policy, and/or jurisdictional law.</p>
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                POP.3#02
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                SHALL

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                    <div><p>The system SHALL provide the ability to render a response notification to the care providers or care managers within a cared-for population that a health risk notification was received.</p>
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            <tr>
                <td style="padding-left: 4px;">
                POP.3#03
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                <td style="padding-left: 4px;">
                SHALL

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                <td style="padding-left: 4px;" class="requirement">
                    <div><p>The system SHALL provide the ability to capture, maintain and render notification of a health risk within a cared-for population from public health authorities or other external authoritative sources.</p>
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                <td style="padding-left: 4px;">
                POP.3#04
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                SHOULD

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                    <div><p>The system SHOULD provide the ability to manage, in coordination with local, regional, state and national programs, dissemination of notifications of health risk to individual care providers or care-managers.</p>
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                </td>
            </tr>

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                <td style="padding-left: 4px;">
                POP.3#05
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                <td style="padding-left: 4px;">
                SHOULD

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                <td style="padding-left: 4px;" class="requirement">
                    <div><p>The system SHOULD provide the ability to transmit notifications to patients, directly or indirectly, who are described by the health risk alert.</p>
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                POP.3#06
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                SHOULD

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                    <div><p>The system SHOULD determine and present suggestions to the care provider indicating an appropriate course of action regarding a population health risk notification.</p>
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                POP.3#07
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                <td style="padding-left: 4px;">
                SHALL

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                    <div><p>The system SHALL provide the ability to render notifications/reports to public health authorities or other external authorities regarding health risks within a cared-for population according to scope of practice, organizational policy, and/or jurisdictional law.</p>
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    A care provider now has the ability to decide how patients are notified, if necessary. For example, this function may be used after detection of a local outbreak of hepatitis A, advising providers of the at-risk population and potential prophylactic treatment. A second example might be the dissemination of new care guidelines for elderly patients with a specific chronic disease.

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