EHR Interoperability WG

Following is a collection of documents and development work of the HL7 EHR Interoperability Work Group (an activity of the HL7 EHR Work Group). The Work Group meets most Tuesdays at 2PM ET. All are welcome! (Please subscribe to the HL7 EHR Interoperability listserver for meeting announcements, agendas and updates on current work.)

Note: DRAFT documents may be incomplete and are posted for Team review and discourse. Please do not reference or share these drafts without permission of the author.

Projects

• EHR Interop Project Matrix - Project Status and Next Steps, revised 12 Aug 2008
• EHR Interop Project Overview Presentation, revised 15 Sep 2008

HL7 EHR/PHR Standards

System Functionality Standards

• EHR System Functional Model, Normative HL7/ANSI Standard, published Mar 2007 (5 MB)
• PHR System Functional Model, Draft Standard for Trial Use, released as Ballot Draft, Mar 2008 (1.6MB)

Record Interoperability Standards

• EHR Interoperability Model, Draft Standard for Trial Use, published Mar 2007
• EHR Lifecycle Model DSTU, revised Jan 2008
• Implementation Guide for CDA Release 2: Reference Profile for EHR Interoperability DSTU, revised Feb 2008

Key Reference Documents

• "Coming to Terms" White Paper on Interoperability, published Mar 2007
• NHS Connecting for Health (UK), "Integrating Standards to Achieve Semantic Interoperability", Dr. Ken Lunn, Director of NHS Data Standards and HL7 Board Member, as presented to the HL7/OMG Service Oriented Architecture Conference, Apr 2008
• EHR WG Document Library

ANSI HITSP Foundations

• HITSP Privacy Foundation - Applied to EHR Lifecycle Events, review draft revised 20 Feb 2008

HL7 Clinical Interoperability Council - Pilot Project

• Call for Input from Professional Societies and other Stakeholders, draft revised 18 Sep 2008
• Input Plan, draft revised 18 Sep 2008
• Action/Attribute Worksheet, revised 18 Aug 2008

ONC/AHIC/HITSP Use Case Alignment w/HL7 EHR/PHR Models

ONC/AHIC 2008 Use Cases

• Six Year 3 Use Cases, released 23 Mar 2008

Use Case Alignment Presentations

• Part 1 - Alignment w/HL7 EHR/PHR Models, revised 2 Jun 2008
• Part 2 - Forward Strategy, revised 2 Jun 2008

Year 1 Care Delivery - COMPLETE

> Sherry Selover, Lead - sherry.selover@selover.com

• Chapter 1 - Year 1 Care Delivery - EHR/Lab Results Reporting, published Aug 2007
• AHIC EHR/Lab Results Reporting Use Case, published Mar 2006
• ANSI HITSP IS01 - EHR/Lab Results Reporting Interoperability Specification, v2.1.1, published May 2008

Year 1 Population Health - Final Draft - Ready for Publication

> Gora Datta, Lead - gora@cal2cal.com

• Chapter 2 - Year 1 Population Health - Biosurveillance, draft published Jul 2008
• AHIC Biosurveillance Use Case, published Mar 2006
• ANSI HITSP IS02 - Biosurveillance Interoperability Specification, v3, published Mar 2008

Year 1 Consumer Empowerment - Final Draft - Ready for Publication

> Kim Salamone, Lead - KSalamone@hsag.com

• Chapter 3 - Year 1 Consumer Empowerment - Demographics and Medication History, draft published Apr 2008
• AHIC Consumer Empowerment Use Case, published Mar 2006
• ANSI HITSP IS03 - Consumer Empowerment Interoperability Specification, v3, published Dec 2007

Year 2 Quality Reporting - ANALYSIS UNDERWAY

> Contact Kim Salamone to participate - KSalamone@hsag.com

• AHIC Quality Use Case, published Jun 2007
• ANSI HITSP IS06 - Quality Use Case Interoperability Specification, published Dec 2007

Year 3 Remote Monitoring - ANALYSIS UNDERWAY

> Contact Sherry Selover to participate - sherry.selover@selover.com

• AHIC Remote Monitoring Use Case, published Mar 2008

Use Case Alignment Templates

• Alignment Template
• Template Instructions
• Appendix A Template