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

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

Official URL: http://hl7.org/ehrs/uv/ehrsfmr2/Requirements/EHRSFMR2-POP.3 | Version: 2.1.1
Standards status: Normative Active as of 2025-12-13 | Computable Name: POP_3_Support_for_Notification_and_Response

Upon notification by an external, authoritative source of a health risk within the cared-for population, alert relevant providers regarding specific potentially at-risk patients with the appropriate level of notification.

Description I:

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.

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.

Notifications to clinicians or patients may occur by telephone, email, FAX or other methods.

Criteria N:

POP.3#01 | SHALL dependent | 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.
POP.3#02 | SHALL | 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.
POP.3#03 | SHALL | 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.
POP.3#04 | SHOULD | 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.
POP.3#05 | SHOULD | The system SHOULD provide the ability to transmit notifications to patients, directly or indirectly, who are described by the health risk alert.
POP.3#06 | SHOULD | The system SHOULD determine and present suggestions to the care provider indicating an appropriate course of action regarding a population health risk notification.
POP.3#07 | SHALL dependent | 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.