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32 Develop<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Pediatric</strong> Data Standards 425<br />

Fig. 32.3 An EHR system-based growth chart that <strong>in</strong>cludes features outl<strong>in</strong>ed by content standards<br />

and which displays data that has been normalized to syntactic and semantic standards.<br />

Content standards <strong>in</strong>clude use of a population-based norm, apply<strong>in</strong>g growth data from different<br />

EHR system components, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g parental growth targets, and perform<strong>in</strong>g various calculations<br />

to determ<strong>in</strong>e Z score, growth velocity, percentiles, etc. (Adapted from Rosenbloom et al. 19 )<br />

32.6 Conclusion<br />

Standards for Electronic <strong>Health</strong> Record (EHR) systems can improve the healthcare<br />

delivery to populations of children. Specifically, semantic and syntactic standards<br />

can improve healthcare delivery by facilitat<strong>in</strong>g cl<strong>in</strong>ical data exchange among

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