The Application Functions describe the abilities of the software functions in an EPR application by Capability. The Application Functions Catalogue extends links to the User Stories and Core Requirementsare discrete units of application functionality that fulfil a specific requirement or capability.
The application functions below give additional detail to the requirements identified throughout the catalogue.
ID | Capability | Application Function | Description |
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AF114 | Documentation Provision | Patient Correspondence | This is the ability of an application to generate and send a letter to a patient. |
AF170 | Documentation Provision | Patient Correspondence | The ability of a an application to electronically transmit documentation to a patient (including links to relevant multimedia content, and receive and store returned (electronically signed) documentation. |
AF176 | Clinical Decision Support | Configure alerts | Potentially consider machine learning to check where alerts are acted upon - where consistently overridden may look to update rules |
AF210 | Discharge | Generate Discharge summary | The ability of an application to generate a discharge summary document |
AF213 | Discharge | Send Discharge summary | The ability to send an electronic discharge summary once completed in accordance with nationally defined standards. |
AF251 | Medication Management | Record Medication Administration | The ability of an application to electronically record when medication has been administered (medication, dose, route and exact time) or where medication was unable to be administered (with a list of valid reasons why the medication could not be administered). This should include recording medication that is has been self-administered. |
AF311 | Care Plans Management | Task Notification | The ability of the system to generate an alert when a task has not been completed within a configurable timeframe |
AF316 | Care Plans Management | Cross Organisational Workflow | E.g. support transfer of patient from hospital to home Review of care plan by clinicians across multiple organisations |
AF317 | Digital Access Management | Patient access to records | The ability of an authenticated patient to be able to view their own medical record including:
Note: It must be possible for clinicians to be able to restrict information for sharing with the patient via the portal where necessary. |
AF326 | Mobile Apps - Provide Single User Digital? | Maintain Patient Record via Mobile Device | The ability for a user to view/update a Patient medical record via a Mobile Device |
AF341 | Referral Management | Digital Presentation of Handover Data | The system provides a digital presentation of patient data including context as part of a digital handover to enable the sharing of relevant patient data without the need for paper based handover notes |
AF345 | Discharge | Create discharge documentation | On discharge of a patient the discharge notes and outpatient letter(s) are created automatically by the system compliant with PRSB guidelines. All documentation is recorded in the patient record for digital access |
AF352 | Medications Management | Electronic Prescribing | Ability of the system to generate/record prescriptions digitally
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AF380 | Care Coordination | Create and maintain templates for care pathways | The ability of the system to allow appropriately privileged users to create and modify templates for the various care pathways |
AF388 | Care Plans | Co-Production of Care Plans | Enable input from patient directly or via a clinician to input to the care plan created |
AF389 | Record Observations | Record Therapeutic Obeservation | Enable recording of therapeutic observations against the patient record |
AF390 | Self-Referral | Digital access to IAPT | Digital tools to enable self-referral and access to IAPT resources such as
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AF391 | MHA Administration | MHA Administration | Ability to record and track mental health assessments |
AF392 | MHA Administration | Alerts to Care Providers | Generate alerts to care providers of important milestones to allow scheduling and ensure care is delivered in a timely manner e.g.
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AF393 | MHA Administration | Section Renewal | Ability to enable section renewal and associated concurrent tasks |
AF394 | MHA Administration | Book and Request SOAD | Ability to create a SOAD request, including through the CQC system |
AF395 | Medicine Management | Manage Depot Injection Stock | Ability of the system to record, sign in/out and check electronically the injection stocks |
AF396 | Record Observations | Record Digital Therapeutic Interactions | Ability to record digital therapeutic interactions in the patient record |
AF397 | MHA Administration | Record section 117 flag | Ability to record eligibility for section 117 aftercare on patient record |
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