EHR/HCE — Electronic Health Record

What Is an EHR?

An EHR (Electronic Health Record)—known in Spanish-speaking markets as HCE (Historia Clínica Electrónica)—is a comprehensive, longitudinal digital record of a patient's health information. Unlike an EMR, which is typically confined to a single practice or organization, an EHR is designed to be shared across multiple providers, facilities, and care settings, giving every authorized clinician a complete picture of the patient's medical history.

An EHR aggregates data from diverse sources: demographics, encounter notes, laboratory results from the LIS, diagnostic images from the PACS, medications, allergies, immunizations, surgical history, and more. This breadth of data makes the EHR a critical enabler of coordinated, patient-centered care.

Why It Matters in Healthcare

The shift from paper charts to electronic health records is one of the most consequential transformations in modern medicine. An EHR delivers benefits at every level of the health system:

• Patient safety: Alerts for drug interactions, allergy contraindications, and duplicate orders reduce adverse events.
• Care coordination: When a patient moves between a primary-care clinic, a hospital, and a specialist, the EHR ensures that each provider sees the full clinical context.
• Clinical decision support: Evidence-based guidelines, risk calculators, and predictive algorithms can be embedded directly into the EHR workflow.
• Population health: Aggregated, de-identified EHR data supports epidemiological surveillance, quality improvement, and research.
• Regulatory compliance: Standards like HIPAA and national health record mandates require auditable, structured electronic documentation.

How Davix Relates to EHR/HCE

The Davix HIS includes a fully integrated electronic health record module that serves as the clinical core of the platform. Key features include:

• Configurable clinical templates for specialties ranging from general medicine to surgery.
• HL7 and FHIR interfaces that enable data exchange with external EHR systems, laboratories, and imaging centers.
• Role-based access control and comprehensive audit trails aligned with HIPAA and ISO 27001 standards.
• Patient portal for shared access to records, supporting informed participation in care decisions.
• Electronic signature capabilities for legally binding clinical documentation.

Whether you are transitioning from paper records or replacing a legacy EHR, Davix provides a modern, cloud-native foundation for interoperable, secure health information management.