XML-based Standard Record Proposed

[Rachel Foerster]

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Government Vendor News HIPAA Trends New Products Mobile Tech HOME MAGAZINE Current Issue Read the June issue Past Issues Access previous editions Subscribe Sign up for free trial Change Address Redirect subscription Obtain story guide Contact Editor Letters, questions Bios and e-mail links E-Newsletter Free HDM Week signup NEWS PORTALS HIPAA Vendor News New Products Government Trends Mobile Tech TRENDS June 01, 2003 XML-based Standard Record Proposed (May 23, 2003) The State of Massachusetts for several years has mandated a standard paper document for use when physicians refer a patient for additional treatment. The document includes the patient's relevant past history, allergies, medications and a short care plan with recommendations for the next steps. Now the Massachusetts Medical Society wants to digitize the document and use it as a base to develop a national standard for a Continuity of Care Record. "This is a simple document we hope will be adopted to transmit minimal information from one point of care to another," says Thomas Sullivan, M.D., president of the society. The society has converted the paper document into an XML format and proposes physicians use it as an e-mail attachment, which also can be stored electronically. The society is creating a service to download the electronic Continuity of Care Record for free from its Web site; it hopes to have the service available by early fall. The society also is considering ways to make the Continuity of Care Record available via a centralized Web repository to enable clinicians to easily access it before treating a patient and update it following treatment. The basic electronic format, however, is the first step, Sullivan says. ASTM International, a New York-based standards development organization, will work to develop a national standard for the electronic Continuity of Care Record. The ASTM subcommittee E31.28 hopes to have a standard ready by the end of the year. Peter Waegemann, CEO of the Boston-based Medical Records Institute, chairs the subcommittee. Further, the Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society will assist in consensus-building and promotional efforts for the standard. Trends News Archive QUICK POLL Extensible Markup Language, more commonly known as XML, will become a key I.T. standard for health care applications in the years ahead. Do you agree or disagree? Agree Disagree     Contact the Editor Contact the Webmaster Guest Book Customer Service Advertising Information     © 2003 The Thomson Corporation and Health Data Management.     All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy. --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-transactions as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org