California Department of Mental Health

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Infrastructure | Practice Management | Clinical Data | CPOE | EHR | PHR

Infrastructure - 96 Requirements

Includes hardware and software with basic level of security and systems ready to deploy software. Interoperable EHRs require a structure for sharing information—a secure network.
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Practice Management – 162 Requirements

Includes registration, eligibility, accounts receivable, accounts payable, billing, documentation, and reporting these requirements. Addresses the complex financial and administrative needs of physician practices. These requirements will help County Mental Health Departments formulate the criteria needed to provide critical support for practice management functions to increase productivity, improve financial performance, financial management and compliance programs, and determine legal implications of business arrangements.
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Clinical Data – 98 Requirements

Includes clinical documentation such as assessment, treatment notes, and other clinical measures (such as data elements and corresponding definitions) that can be used in the measurement of patient clinical management and outcomes, and for research and assessment. Clinical documentation elements also help facilitate communication across provider types to enhance communication and improve coordination of care.
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Computerize Provider Order Entry (CPOE) – 54 Requirements

Includes internal and external laboratory, pharmacy and/or radiology ordering and history display. These requirements address optimizing physician ordering of medications, laboratory tests with interactive decision support systems. Integration with other hospital information technology systems including electronic patient records, pharmacy, laboratory, and other services provides the prescriber with all information necessary to develop and transmit in an effective, error-free order.

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Electronic Health Record (EHR) – 37 Requirements

Includes infrastructure, health record capture, decision support, reporting, data transfer and CPOE components that are interoperable with external systems such as those used by contracted providers using industry standards.
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Personal Health Record (PHR) – 7 Requirements

Includes full EHR functionality and interoperability with a Personal Health Record system.
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