EPR Overview

EPR - Electronic Patient Record

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ATTENTION: ALL JHSECURE VPN USERS FOR REMOTE ACCESS - SERVICE TERMINATION

The JHSecure VPN remote access product will be retired on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 and will no longer be supported or used to access the Johns Hopkins Network.

JHSecure is being replaced by JHConnect, a tool that uses browser technologies to make secure connections to the Johns Hopkins Network.

The new JHConnect tool is available and information can be found here: https://portalcontent.johnshopkins.edu/sslvpn/JHConnect-FAQ.html

EPR and WebEPR require a VPN to ensure secure remote access. If you need assistance configuring systems with this new technology, please contact your LAN administrator.

If you encounter any issues or problems when using JHConnect, please contact the Help Desk at 410-735-HELP(4357) for additional support.

Technical Advisory: Microsoft Vista

The EPR client application is NOT compatible with ANY version of Microsoft Vista.

Electronic Patient Record

Overview

What is EPR? | Functionality | System/Technical Specifications | Future Plans

What is EPR?

EPR is designed to allow fast and easy on-line access to patient records in all areas across the Hopkins continuum of care, thus enhancing patient care. Through EPR, the user can view patient data integrated from multiple sources, including Lab Results, Radiology Reports, ECG Reports, EEG Reports, OB Sonogram Reports, Discharge Summaries, Operative Notes, etc.

There are several versions of the Electronic Patient Record (EPR):

EPR Client-Server application.

Web EPR Read Only, Web-based application written in Cold Fusion. Web EPR will run on Netscape 6 or higher; or Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.

EPR Functionality

All versions of EPR have similar functionality;

EPR client application is a Windows application which provides access to all Patient data. Additionally, EPR allows priviledged users Write access, as well as Read access, to certain data in patients records.
Priviledged users may:
1. Create, Edit and Sign patient notes
2. Add items to a patient's Problems, Allergies, or Medications Lists
3. Update a patient's Health Maintenance Record

Web EPR has View-Only access to patients records.
EPR client and Web EPR have the added ability to access the patient's Problems, Allergies, and Medications lists.
EPR client users can access the Health Maintenance Records data. Health Maintenance cannot be accessed from Web EPR.

Details of EPR functionality is available.

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Specifications for EPR and Web EPR

System Specs

Training is required to obtain access
A network connection on the Hopkins network is required
EPR runs on Windows XP and Windows 2000. Refer to System Requirements for EPR installation
For EPR, your PC must be Year 2000 compliant, having the System Settings set to include the Century in the date format. (See Changing Date Settings for instructions)
For Web EPR, refer to Web EPR System Requirements

Technical Specs

The EPR Client is written in Visual Basic 6
Web EPR is written in Cold Fusion.
Data is stored in DB2 databases on the mainframe and Sybase databases on Windows NT servers.
Remote Stored Procedures (RSP) are used to communicate with databases.
TCP/IP network protocol is used to communicate between client and server.

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Future Plans

Elimination of Direct Connect Gateway via the use of WebSphere. This should improve the reliability of EPR.
CCOW enablement, allowing EPR to share patient and user context with other CCOW-enabled applications like POE.
Ability to fax EPR documents from within EPR.
See Master List of EPR Feature Requests for more information. This document was created by members of the EPR User Group.

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EPR	Client-Server application.
Web EPR	Read Only, Web-based application written in Cold Fusion. Web EPR will run on Netscape 6 or higher; or Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.