The Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Upload option makes is simple and easy for you to add your photo images directly to your EMR's patient chart. The EMR option is available for the 4D PhotoStation System or any edition of PhotoStation Manager software product.

The EMR Upload option is based upon the Health Level 7 (HL7) interface standard. HL7 defines a standard set of messages for communicating with most EMR systems. The PhotoStation Manager software creates an HL7 "ORU" message for each photo image you tag for upload to the EMR.

Each ORU message is an 'ordered test result' that is to be logged in the patient chart. In the case of the PhotoStation Manager, the test ordered is a photograph and the results are the visual data contained in the photo image. The PhotoStation Manager Software creates an HL7 message that include the patient ID, the provider ID, the date of service, and a reference to the location of the photo image. Using this information, the EMR will take the appropriate steps to make the photo image viewable from the patient chart.

While each EMR vendor supports some version of the HL7 interface standard, each EMR vendor may require slight differences in the information provided in each message or they may handle the routing of the photo images to the patient chart slightly differently. Depending on your EMR vendor, an initial integration implementation project may be required between 4D Imaging Systems and your EMR vendor.