Conformity assessment: medatixx practice software confirmed for the electronic medication list
For practice software, hospitals and pharmacies to exchange data with one another, binding standards are required. Whether a piece of software actually complies with these standards is examined in the conformity assessment (KOB) — regulated under Section 387 SGB V and the Health IT Interoperability Governance Ordinance.
The first use case concerns the electronic patient record, more specifically the digitally supported medication process. At its centre is the electronic medication list (eML) — the overview of what a patient is actually taking.
PDF or structured — a difference that matters in daily practice
For the assessment, it is sufficient to be able to retrieve the eML as a PDF. medatixx has instead integrated it natively on the basis of the FHIR profile, i.e. as a structured file that can be further processed. All of the manufacturer's practice software solutions have completed the assessment and received the corresponding certificates.
What this means for your practice
The difference sounds technical, but it is clearly noticeable in daily practice. You can view a PDF — nothing more. A structured medication list can be used further by the practice software: for medication review, for the practice's own documentation, without anyone having to type out active ingredients and dosages.
Particularly for patients who see several doctors and accordingly take a large number of medicines, this not only saves time but also avoids transcription errors at a point where they would be especially consequential.
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