HIMSS Word of the Day #447: System of Record
A system of record is the authoritative data source for a given data element or piece of information. This post explains the HIMSS Dictionary definition and reviews four sources: the HL7 FHIR Provenance resource, a viewpoint on where genomic findings should live in the EHR, a pipeline that handled mixed-format data for a registry study of 94 participants, and a case study of Lithuania’s centralized national digital health platform.