Health IT & Interoperability

EHRElectronic Health Record

A digital, longitudinal record of a person's health information designed to be shared across care settings.

Reviewed June 2026 by Enterprise Health

Key facts

  • A digital, longitudinal, shareable record of health information.
  • An occupational-health EHR adds surveillance, exposure data and clearances.
  • Certification is what enables interoperability and compliance.

What it means

An EHR captures a person's clinical history — encounters, labs, immunizations, medications — in a structured, shareable form. An occupational-health EHR adds surveillance protocols, exposure data, clearances and employer reporting on top of a certified clinical core. The certification matters: it is what lets the record interoperate and meet federal quality and privacy requirements rather than being a siloed database.

Frequently asked

How is an occupational-health EHR different from a clinical EHR?

It shares the same certified clinical foundation but adds the occupational layer: hazard-based surveillance protocols, exposure and industrial-hygiene data, fitness-for-duty and clearance workflows, and employer/regulatory reporting such as the OSHA 300 Log — while keeping clinical detail separate from what an employer can see.

A certified, interoperable system of record.

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