Minute Clinics to Adopt CCR Standard

In an October 9 press release, MinuteClinic, Inc. a CVS subsidiary, announced plans to utlize the continuity of care record standard (ASTM CCR E2369-05) to allow inteeroperability between MinuteClinics and patients' family physician offices. The press release states that MinuteClinic already supplies patient-approved visit summaries to physicians via fax and mail, but claim this automation step will improve timeliness, usability, and consistency. The MinuteClinic standard EHR will create both paper and digital records including patient demographics, problems and diagnoses, medication list,allergies, vital signs, lab results, immunizations, and other CCR elements.

• Follow this link to the press release
• Follow this link to the AAFP-developed CCR Standard