What Is American Society for Testing and Materials Continuity of Care Record (ASTM-CCR)?

The ASTM-CCR standard is a great way to keep your patients' records up-to-date and easily accessible every time. You can use it to store information on each patient, including their medications, allergies and family history. You can use it to track their treatment progress, so you'll know when they should be seen again by a doctor or another medical professional. The ASTM-CCR standard also makes it easy for other doctors or healthcare professionals to see what's happening with your patients, even if they're not in the same office building. So if one of your patients needs a specialist or if you need a second opinion from another doctor on something specific about your patient's care, it's easy enough to do that using this tool. It's an open-source platform, so no licensing fees are involved—you must pay for the software. And because it's W3C compliant, it will always be able to communicate with other systems without any problems. The ASTM-CCR is a grassroots effort that a group of physicians developed, nurses, technologists and laypersons with the express intention of using health information technology (HIT) most constructively and effectively possible. The outcome is for electronic health information to be easily accessed and shared by healthcare providers with typical patients, thus improving patient care. You may think about who we are and why we're doing this. Well, we'll not bore you with details about our organization or our mission statement (because, honestly, who wants to read that stuff?). But we can tell you that we are all about ensuring patients get the best possible care. Whether through improved communication between caregivers or better online access to medical records, we're here for it! And if we can get some laughs along the way? Even better!