The information provided below is from the HL7 International Section 1b: EHR- Electronic Health Records

QUESTION: To what extent does the proposed certification program deliver a useful tool for creating Continuity of Care Documents (CCDs) of actual and virtual healthcare events?

Section 1b: EHR - Electronic Health Records PHR-S FM Personal Health Record System Functional Model (PHR-S FM) DESCRIPTION The Personal Health Record System Functional Model, Release 1 standard specifies features and functions necessary to create and effectively manage PHRs and that help an individual maintain a longitudinal view of his or her health history. Personal Health Record information is expected to be sent, received, or exchanged from multiple systems, including: Electronic Health Record systems, insurer systems, payer systems, health information exchanges, public health systems, Internet-based health education sites, clinical trials systems, and/or collaborative care systems. ALTERNATIVE NAMES PHR-S FM Personal Health Record System Functional Model (PHR-S FM) may also go by the following names or acronyms: "PHR-System Functional Model, Release 1", PHR FM TARGETS . Clinical and Public Health Laboratories Immunization Registries . Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) Regulatory Agency Payors . Patients Consumers) Employers: Military; School; Nursing Home; Pharmacy EHR, PHR Vendors Mobile Health devices vendors Emergency Services Providers Local and State Departments of Health Medical Imaging Service Providers Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health) Pharmacists, Nutritionists, Dermatologist providers BENEFITS . Specifies essential functions and conformance criteria for development, certification, procurement and implementation of Personal Health Record systems Supports Personal Health Record system certification programs underway or emerging in many countries. Supports industry need for common international reference point for Personal Health Record system functionality Enables Personal Health Record information to be created and shared among patients, healthcare providers, payers, pharmacies, laboratories, public health agencies, governments, and health record banks . Interested parties include certification and accreditation bodies, Personal Health Record system developers, vendors, implementers, and procurement agencies DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND The PHR-S FM was approved as a Draft Standard for Trial Use (DSTU) in July 2008. Further input from industry experts, especially the international community, resulted in approval of the PHR-S FM as a joint ISO Technical Committee 215 (Health Informatics) - HL7 Work-Item. Two rounds of joint balloting followed; updates and improvements resulted in the current version of the standard: PHR-S FM, Release 1; ISO 16527