Are Meaningful Use Stage 2 certified EHRs ready for interoperability? Findings from the SMART C-CDA Collaborative
| Autor: | John D. D'Amore, David A. Kreda, Rachel B. Ramoni, Kenneth D. Mandl, Liora Alschuler, Robert H. Dolin, Ashley Swain, Sumesh Sundareswaran, Joshua C. Mandel, George Augustine Koromia, Isaac S. Kohane |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Certification
Meaningful Use EHR Medical Records Systems Computerized Health information technology Vendor Computer science Interoperability Health Informatics Clinical Document Architecture Research and Applications World Wide Web Electronic Health Records Data Exchange computer.file_format Semantic interoperability Data science United States Systems Integration Data exchange Validator Medical Record Linkage Diffusion of Innovation computer C-CDA |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA |
| ISSN: | 1527-974X |
| Popis: | Background and objective Upgrades to electronic health record (EHR) systems scheduled to be introduced in the USA in 2014 will advance document interoperability between care providers. Specifically, the second stage of the federal incentive program for EHR adoption, known as Meaningful Use, requires use of the Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) for document exchange. In an effort to examine and improve C-CDA based exchange, the SMART (Substitutable Medical Applications and Reusable Technology) C-CDA Collaborative brought together a group of certified EHR and other health information technology vendors. Materials and methods We examined the machine-readable content of collected samples for semantic correctness and consistency. This included parsing with the open-source BlueButton.js tool, testing with a validator used in EHR certification, scoring with an automated open-source tool, and manual inspection. We also conducted group and individual review sessions with participating vendors to understand their interpretation of C-CDA specifications and requirements. Results We contacted 107 health information technology organizations and collected 91 C-CDA sample documents from 21 distinct technologies. Manual and automated document inspection led to 615 observations of errors and data expression variation across represented technologies. Based upon our analysis and vendor discussions, we identified 11 specific areas that represent relevant barriers to the interoperability of C-CDA documents. Conclusions We identified errors and permissible heterogeneity in C-CDA documents that will limit semantic interoperability. Our findings also point to several practical opportunities to improve C-CDA document quality and exchange in the coming years. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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