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. 2022 Oct 25;3(5):e12816. doi: 10.1002/emp2.12816

TABLE 1.

EHR focus areas and data elements assessed for quality during manual chart review

EHR focus areas Included data elements
Demographics/visit details
  • Patient sex

  • Patient zip code

  • Visit start date and time

  • Visit end date and time

  • Encounter type

  • Encounter status

  • Rendering provider

  • Hospital name

  • Emergency physician group

  • Medical record number

Insurance information
  • Insurance company

  • Insurance plan

  • Effective date

  • Expiration date

  • Documentation date

Visit diagnosis
  • Diagnosis code

  • Diagnosis description

Problem history
  • Documentation date

  • Resolution date

  • Practice code

  • Practice description

Laboratory results
  • Result date and time

  • Practice code

  • Practice description

  • Result value

  • Reference range

Medications
  • Medication name

  • Medication route

  • Medication dose

  • Medication start date and time

  • Medication stop date and time

Social history
  • Social history type

  • Documentation date

  • Effective start date and time

  • Effective stop date and time

Abbreviation: EHR, electronic health record.