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One row per history entry recorded in a patient’s chart. History entries cover past medical and surgical history, social history, habits, family history, smoking status, health maintenance notes and more. The type column identifies which kind of entry each row is. This table’s columns and relationships are shown in the Hosted Database schema. For reporting on but not limited to:
  • Health maintenance notes recorded in the chart
  • Family history by relative, including the condition recorded against each one
  • Smoking status per patient
  • Past medical and past surgical history
  • Who recorded each entry and when
Two type values overlap with dedicated tables. Maintenance rows are health maintenance notes typed into the chart; completed preventive care measures, with their measure codes and result flags, are in health_maintenance. Likewise Immunization rows are free-text notes, not administered vaccines - those are in patient_immunization.

Entry types

Family entries come from two places. Structured family history entries populate relationship_type, plus icd9_id or snomed_id where the clinician selected a code. Free-text notes filed under family history leave relationship_type null. Filter on relationship_type is not null when you want only the structured entries. Deleted entries are retained with deletion_time set. Filter on deletion_time is null for the entries currently visible in the chart.

Health maintenance notes

For reporting on but not limited to:
  • Health maintenance notes per patient, in the order they appear in the chart
  • Which clinician recorded each note and when

Family history

For reporting on but not limited to:
  • Conditions recorded against each relative
  • Family history prevalence across your patient panel

Entry volume by type

For reporting on but not limited to:
  • Which parts of the history section your practice uses most
  • How many patients have any entry of a given type
If you have any questions about this topic please reach out to Elation Support Portal with the subject line HDB - <your_question>