J. Antas wrote: Friday, April 15, 2005 9:30 AM >At the HL7 organization's web site you may find a recent update (2005.03.23) of the: Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) Ver. 2.0 [1] proposal.
You might want to check out IHE Integration Profiles and CDA at: http://www.himss.org/ASP/topics_ihe.asp "IHE does not create new standards, but rather drives the adoption of standards to address specific clinical needs. IHE Integration Profiles specify precisely how standards are to be used to address these needs, eliminating ambiguities, reducing configuration and interfacing costs, and ensuring a higher level of practical interoperability. IHE is now truly multi-domain with Integration Profiles for Radiology, Cardiology, Laboratory and Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, which enable interoperability both within and across multiple enterprises." Cross-Enterprise Clinical Documents Sharing (XDS) http://www.himss.org/content/files/IHE_ITI_Cross-enterprise_Doc_Sharing.pdf Of course I would recommend all of their Integration Profiles, but the XDS makes CDA work. The recent Connectathon in Dallas TX results indicate the success of implementing XDS and other IHE Integration Profiles. Many vendors demonstrated working document exchange. http://www.himss.org/content/files/na2005_20050201a.xls "IHE provides a detailed implementation and testing process to promote the adoption of standards-based interoperability by vendors and users of healthcare information systems. The centerpiece of the testing process is the Connectathon, a weeklong interoperability-testing event." Sincerely yours, Tim Tim Flewelling Information Architect/Architecte de l'informatique Health and Wellness/Sant� et Mieux-�tre Government of New Brunswick/Gouvernement du Nouveau Brunswick Tel (506) 453-2871 Fax (506) 444-5505 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://app.infoaa.7700.gnb.ca/gnb/pub/DetailPersonEng1.asp?RecordID=17800 Confidentialit�/Confidentiality: Le contenu de cet envoi, privil�gi� et confidentiel, ne s'adresse qu'au(x) destinataire(s) indiqu�(s) ci-dessus. Il est interdit par toute autre personne, de le divulguer, le communiquer ou le reproduire. Si vous avez re�u cet envoi par erreur, veuillez en aviser l'exp�diteur imm�diatement et supprimer le message de tout ordinateur. / The content of this e-mail is privileged and confidential and intended solely for its designated recipient(s). Any dissemination, distribution or copying of this material, other than by its intended recipient(s), is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. -----Original Message----- From: J. Antas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 9:30 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: HL7 News: The Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) Rev. 2.0-2005.03.23 Standards are a critical subject in any activity. Healthcare has been pestered for years by a Babel tower of proto-standards and lousy standardization efforts. It seems that a long time offender - HL7 - is showing some activity at the (long dued) effort of moving from the fuzzy and profit centered HL7 2.x to a more up to date Web Age XML-based and Clinically-Centered standardization effort (HL7 3.x). At the HL7 organization's web site you may find a recent update (2005.03.23) of the: Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) Ver. 2.0 [1] proposal. But, for anyone that has been following the HL7 soap opera from 1987, a thought come to mind: How much of this is "the true standard" and how much of it is "more of the same", just to cope with the USA market and with the recent US Government HIPPA enforcement? Source URL: http://e-healthexpert.org/node/98 Links: [1] http://www.hl7.org/v3ballot/html/infrastructure/cda/cda.htm
