One of the long term objectives of the HITECH Act is to improve patient care coordination; this requires all healthcare providers to communicate with one another and share patient records. More comprehensive than the CCD/CCR file, information included in the Summary of Care is:
- Basic Demographics
- Problems
- Social History (specifically smoking status)
- Instructions
- Allergies
- Encounter Diagnosis
- Care Plans
| - Functional/Cognitive Status
- Procedures
- Vital Signs
- Medications
- Medications Administered During Visit
- Results
- Immunizations
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Navigate to Patient Chart / Immunizations - Enter the first 2–3 letters of the patient's name in the top search box.
- Click to select the patient from the auto-populated results. The patient's chart opens.
- Click Immunizations in the left menu. The Immunizations page displays.
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Export Summary of Care - Click the Exchange drop-down menu and select Export Summary of Care.
- A dialog box opens notifying you that the information will be stored on a local drive; after reviewing, click Continue.
- On the next dialog box, save the file to a desired location on your computer (or you can view it as an HTML file using a program such as XML Editor).
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