Table 5.

EHR Clinical Functionalities

Clinical Functions	Survey Respondents
	%	n
Resident assessment
Minimum data set (MDS)	84.7%	116
Resident assessment protocols (RAPs)	72.3%	99
Triggers	61.3%	84
Computerized provider order entry (CPOE)
Physician orders	56.9%	78
E-prescribing between practitioner and pharmacy	10.2%	14
Medication orders and drug dispensing	32.8%	45
Laboratory/procedures information	34.3%	47
Care management
Individual care management plan	59.1%	81
Clinical charting applications, including assessment and progress notes	24.1%	33
Receiving external clinical documents	14.6%	20
Treatment administration information	29.2%	40
Electronic access to an assigned care manager	16.1%	22
Dietary	35.0%	48
Clinical decision support tools	20.4%	28
Census management	50.4%	69

Notes:

Minimum data set (MDS) refers to the utilization of MDS.

Resident assessment protocols (RAPs) refers to the utilization of RAPs.

Triggers refer to the utilization of Triggers.

Physician orders refer to the processes of electronic entry of medical practitioner instructions for the treatment of residents under the practitioner's care.

E-prescribing refers to the electronic transmission of prescription information from the prescriber's computer to a pharmacy computer.

Medication orders and drug dispensing refers to the processes during the preparation, packaging, labeling, record keeping, and transfer of a prescription drug to a resident.

Laboratory/procedures information refers to a class of applications that receives, processes, and stores information generated by medical laboratory processes.

Individual care management plan refers to a collaborative process of assessment, planning, facilitation, and advocacy for options and services to meet a resident's needs.

Clinical charting applications refers to the applications in clinical charting, including assessment and progress notes.

Receiving external clinical documents refers to the ability to receive external clinical documents about the residents, including provider notes, lab data, radiology data, medical devices, patient history, and so forth.

Treatment administration information refers to the ability to manage the residents' treatment information.

Electronic access to an assigned care manger allows an existing or perspective resident to access an assigned care manager online.

Dietary refers to the IT application to manage residents' dietary needs.

Clinical decision support tools provide best-practice suggestions for care plans and interventions based on clinical problems or diagnoses.

Census management refers to patient demographics.