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Comparison of eight EHRs graphing capabilities

System → Criteria	EHR A	EHR B	EHR C	EHR D	EHR E	EHR F	EHR G	EHR H
Patient ID visible: name/birthdate/gender	Yes	Yes	No (Name only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Title: description of graph’s contents, incl. observed variable(s)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
x-axis label: state meaning of the data and units	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
x-axis scale: Evenly-spaced intermediate tick marks	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (even space, unequal time)	No	No	No	No (reverse Chron order)
x-axis values: labels indicating numerical value of tick marks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No (end pts only)
y-axis label: state meaning of the data and units	No (units only)	No	No	No	No	No (no units)	No	No (units only)
y-axis scale: Evenly-spaced intermediate tick marks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
y-axis values: labels indicating numerical value of tick mark	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Legend: if >1 observed variable	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Reference range(s): shown for observed variable	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Data details: Precise x-y data point values	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

System → Criteria	EHR A	EHR B	EHR C	EHR D	EHR E	EHR F	EHR G	EHR H
Patient ID visible: name/birthdate/gender	Yes	Yes	No (Name only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Title: description of graph’s contents, incl. observed variable(s)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
x-axis label: state meaning of the data and units	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
x-axis scale: Evenly-spaced intermediate tick marks	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (even space, unequal time)	No	No	No	No (reverse Chron order)
x-axis values: labels indicating numerical value of tick marks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No (end pts only)
y-axis label: state meaning of the data and units	No (units only)	No	No	No	No	No (no units)	No	No (units only)
y-axis scale: Evenly-spaced intermediate tick marks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
y-axis values: labels indicating numerical value of tick mark	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Legend: if >1 observed variable	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Reference range(s): shown for observed variable	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Data details: Precise x-y data point values	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

(Note: gray cells indicate nonadherence to best practices)

Table 3:

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Comparison of eight EHRs graphing capabilities

System → Criteria	EHR A	EHR B	EHR C	EHR D	EHR E	EHR F	EHR G	EHR H
Patient ID visible: name/birthdate/gender	Yes	Yes	No (Name only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Title: description of graph’s contents, incl. observed variable(s)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
x-axis label: state meaning of the data and units	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
x-axis scale: Evenly-spaced intermediate tick marks	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (even space, unequal time)	No	No	No	No (reverse Chron order)
x-axis values: labels indicating numerical value of tick marks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No (end pts only)
y-axis label: state meaning of the data and units	No (units only)	No	No	No	No	No (no units)	No	No (units only)
y-axis scale: Evenly-spaced intermediate tick marks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
y-axis values: labels indicating numerical value of tick mark	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Legend: if >1 observed variable	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Reference range(s): shown for observed variable	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Data details: Precise x-y data point values	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

System → Criteria	EHR A	EHR B	EHR C	EHR D	EHR E	EHR F	EHR G	EHR H
Patient ID visible: name/birthdate/gender	Yes	Yes	No (Name only)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Title: description of graph’s contents, incl. observed variable(s)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
x-axis label: state meaning of the data and units	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
x-axis scale: Evenly-spaced intermediate tick marks	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (even space, unequal time)	No	No	No	No (reverse Chron order)
x-axis values: labels indicating numerical value of tick marks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No (end pts only)
y-axis label: state meaning of the data and units	No (units only)	No	No	No	No	No (no units)	No	No (units only)
y-axis scale: Evenly-spaced intermediate tick marks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
y-axis values: labels indicating numerical value of tick mark	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Legend: if >1 observed variable	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Reference range(s): shown for observed variable	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
Data details: Precise x-y data point values	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes

(Note: gray cells indicate nonadherence to best practices)