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

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## : POP.6.1 Outcome Measures and Analysis (Function)

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The system may also provide the functionality to prompt for the collection of necessary information at the appropriate time in a patient encounter if such collection need can be properly defined in a workflow (e.g., requesting specific information for reporting of emergency services such as drug overdose, suspected abuse, communicable diseases, or for the collection of additional research data for a specific diagnosis).</p>\n</div></div>\n    \n    \n    \n    <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>\n    \n    <table id=\"statements\" class=\"grid dict\">\n        \n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"padding-left: 4px;\">\n            POP.6.1#01\n            </td>\n            <td style=\"padding-left: 4px;\">\n            SHOULD\n            \n                \n            \n            \n            \n            </td>\n            <td style=\"padding-left: 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POP.6.1#08\n            </td>\n            <td style=\"padding-left: 4px;\">\n            SHOULD\n            \n                \n            \n            \n            \n            </td>\n            <td style=\"padding-left: 4px;\" class=\"requirement\">\n                <div><p>The system SHOULD render patient, and/or population outcome data or query results to appropriate organizations (e.g., Quality Measurement organizations, Accreditation organizations) through a secure data service.</p>\n</div>\n                \n            </td>\n        </tr>\n        \n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"padding-left: 4px;\">\n            POP.6.1#09\n            </td>\n            <td style=\"padding-left: 4px;\">\n            SHALL\n            \n                \n            \n            \n            \n            </td>\n            <td style=\"padding-left: 4px;\" class=\"requirement\">\n                <div><p>The system SHALL provide the ability to tag patients who have been 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