Product CDA
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- 1 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA)
- 1.1 Product Brief - Clinical Document Architecture (CDA)
Clinical Document Architecture (CDA)
Product Brief - Clinical Document Architecture (CDA)
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Product Name
Clinical Document Architecture (CDA)
Topics
Standard Category
Health Information Exchange Standards
Integration Paradigm
Documents
Type
Normative, ANSI Standard
Releases
- CDA R1: ANSI/HL7 CDA, R1-2000
- CDA R2: ANSI/HL7 CDA, R2-2005
- ISO/HL7 27932:2008; HL7 Clinical Document Architecture, Release 2; 4/21/2005
- CDA R3: in-progress see Project # 477
CDA R2 Implementation Guides and Common Clinical Document Implementation Guides
A growing number of implementation guides have passed the HL7 balloting process and were approved in Draft Standard for Trial Use (DSTU) status. They include:
- Healthcare Associated Infection Reports, Release 1; DSTU ending March 2010
- Consult Notes, Release 1; DSTU ending August 2010
- History and Physical (H&P) Notes, Release 1; DSTU ending August 2010
- Reference Profile for EHR Interoperability, Release 1; DSTU ending Sep 2010
- Personal Healthcare Monitoring Report, Release 1; DSTU ending Nov 2010
- Operative Notes, Release 1; DSTU ending Mar 2011
- Procedure Note, Release 1; DSTU ending July 2012
- CDA Framework for Questionnaire Assessments, Release 1; DSTU ends Apr 2011
- Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA), Release 1; DSTU ends Apr 2011
Another type of HL7 balloting process was used for the Informative Document release of
- HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA Release 2: Diagnostic Imaging Reports, Release 1
- HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA Release 2: HL7/ASTM Continuity of Care Document
- HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA Release 2: Level 1 and 2 Care Record Summary (US Realm)
- Claims Attachments
- HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA Release 2: Public Health Case Reports, Release 1 (US Realm) published October 2009
Summary
The HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) is a document markup standard that specifies the structure and semantics of "clinical documents" for the purpose of exchange between healthcare providers and patients.
Description
See the article at http://www.hl7.org/documentcenter/public/faq/cda.cfm.
See also the CDA Standard page at the HL7.org web site.
Business Case (Intended Use, Customers)
- Healthcare Providers,
- Healthcare IT Vendors,
- EHR Systems,
- PHR Systems,
- Departmental Systems
- Dictation/transcription vendors;
Benefits
- CDA supports the exchange of clinical documents between those involved in the care of a patient. In addition CDA support the re-use of clinical data for public health reporting, quality monitoring, patient safety and clinical trials.
- Stewardship,
- Potential for authentication,
- Context
- and Wholeness
Implementations/ Case Studies (Actual Users)
Resources
- Link to FAQ
- members-only database for entering and tracking suggestions and corrections to the CDA standard here
Work Groups
- Structured Documents WG - HL7.org Web page
- Structured Documents WG - Wiki page
Education
- See more at http://www.hl7.org/implement/training.cfm
- Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) Introductory Tutorial
- Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) Advanced Tutorial
- Continuity of Care Document (CCD) Tutorial
- CDA Certification Test Preparation
Certification Available
- CDA Certified Specialist
Presentations
From HIMSS 2009
Relationship to/ Dependencies on, other standards
- RIM,
- Vocabulary,
- Datatypes,
- XML ITS
Links to current projects in development
- CDA R3: in-progress see Project # 477
- There are more CDA, Release 2 Implementation Guides are currently in the
balloting process. They include the Plan-to-plan Personal Health Record (PHR) Data Transfer, Release 1 (Project # 208).
