Standards and Guidelines for Electronic Medical Record Systems in ...

16. Children’s Health
16.1. System displays the age of a child. H
16.2. System displays growth charts showing plotted values of height, weight, head
circumference, and BMI against age and sex data.
16.3. System allows for capture, storage and management of pediatric specific laboratory tests
such as HIV-DNA PCR tests, CD4%.
16.4. System verifies appropriate drug dose for children when given the child’s weight in kgs or
BSA in cubic meters.
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17. Pregnancy Care
17.1. System accepts coded input for historical items that are asked at each pregnancy visit such
as loss of fluid, fetal movement, etc.
17.2. Where collected, the system makes obstetric past history available to the provider for
future pregnancies.
17.3. System records fetal heart rate, fundal height, weight, urine analysis and blood pressure at
each visit, along with antenatal profile results.
17.4. System provides for capturing dates to be used for notifications and alerts such as date to
start ART prophylaxis, date to schedule for caesarean section, date to perform a check
ultrasound, etc.
17.5. System displays the estimated date of delivery (EDD) given the patient’s last menstrual
period (LMP).
17.6. System will calculate an EDD given an ultrasound date and the estimated gestational age
(EGA) given by the ultrasound.
17.7. System creates a printable view of all visits, labs, due date, ultrasound, problem list and
plans which can be given to a patient for purposes of communicating with providers on a
Labor and Delivery floor.
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18. Orders
18.1. System supports the recording and tracking of clinical orders and requests such as
prescriptions and other treatment orders, laboratory investigation requests, and referrals.
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19. Audit/Logging
19.1. System keeps an audit of all transactions. H
19.2. System dates and time stamps all entries. H
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