....a wee edit...the CCR is the Continuity of Care Record....a portable subset of a person's health record.
Joseph On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 15:41, Nancy Anthracite wrote: > Because of my work on the pedi project, I have been hearing about things > that may be helpful here and should soon have an opportunity to ask the > VistA-Office project manager if what I am about to tell you is correct. The > CCR or Core Clinical Record (I think) is virtually certain to be a feature > and should be a standard by the time VistA-Office is released. It is > specifically designed to be something that can be exported and sent > elsewhere, using predefined data elements that will need to be populated by > the contents of the medical record and will likely use XML fields for each > of those data elements as at least one way for moving the record from place > to place. I think I heard there are something in the neighborhood of 40+ > elements and subelements (if that is the term) beyond that, or whatever they > are called, and is quite comprehensive, even including immunizations as well > as the usual history family history, social history, meds, problem list, > etc. I also fully expect that VistA from the VA will have the same thing > shortly after the standard is agreed upon and makes it through the balloting > process. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill > Walton > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 1:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: To GUI or not to GUI? (was)RE: [Hardhats-members] How to > accessScreenMan > > > A. Forrey wrote: > > > > On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Bill Walton wrote: > > > > > Gordon Moreshead wrote: > > > > > >> There are concepts implemented within RPMS > > >> PCC that do allow "foreign data" to be stored > > >> into the record and/or extracted out to another > > >> system. These, or similar, concepts could fairly > > >> readily be implemented within VistA. > > > > > > Could you say more about this? In my opinion, > > > the ability to export a patient's medical record in > > > electronic format is a "must have" for VistA to be > > > considered a viable system for use by community- > > > based physicians. > > > > > > Does anyone know if this capability is something > > > that the VistA Office EHR project is working on? > > > > The issue here, which has been in limbo for ten years, > > is a common cnvention for the structure of the EHR. > > /snip/ > > Thanks. I think I understand the issues. But, at least according to their > web site, the HL7 CDA was approved as an ANSI standard in 2000. It's true > that the CDA isn't inclusive of everything that needs to be in an EMR. It's > also obvious that whatever emerges as "the" EMR definition will include > what's in today's CDA. But perhaps I should have asked the question > differently. So I'll ask again. > > Does anyone know if *any* export capability is something that the VistA > Office EHR project is working on? > > But you're retitling of this thread raises a new question, at least for me. > What do you see my question having to do with GUI's? > > Thanks again, > Bill > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
