If you are building a procedure record to link to an immunization record, what should you build first?

When building a procedure record to link to an immunization record, the logical first step is to create the immunization record. The immunization record serves as the foundation for which you will later link the procedure. This record captures essential details about the patient's vaccination history, including the type of vaccine administered, the date, and applicable compliance information.

Establishing the immunization record first ensures that the procedure you design can accurately reference the relevant immunization data. It allows you to create an accurate and comprehensive view of the patient's health status concerning their vaccinations. Once this foundational record is in place, you can then build the procedure record that will connect to it effectively, facilitating integrated patient care and charting practices.

While building a patient record or an order record could be important in a broader patient management context, those processes would be secondary to first establishing the immunization record, which directly relates to the procedures being captured in your workflow. In this scenario, the focus is on the relationship between the immunization data and the subsequent procedure, making the immunization record the priority.