Dear All, There is an effort spearheaded by the AAFP to create a standard for the content of a primary care record, the CCR. I've been in contact with David Kibbe, MD, the "EHR Centrality" for the AAFP, who is wondering how they can collaborate with the open-source EHR community.
The ASTM CCR is a collaboration of the AAFP, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Health Information Management and Systems Society, and the American Health Care Association, (but not my guys, the ACP) with the standards-development organization ASTM International. The CCR effort is summarized by the American Academy of Family Practice at http://www.centerforhit.org/x201.xml To get a sense of the purpose and design of the ASTM CCR, you can take a look at the application at www.continuityofcarerecord.info (ID=doqit and password=demo). This is a CCR creator or editor built by Ken Miller of Solventus. I am confident that the project would welcome suggestions. The ASTM standards organization home page is http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/index.shtml?E+mystore And the ASTM summary of the CCR project is at http://www.astm.org/SNEWS/FEBRUARY_2005/tessier_feb05.html Thanks, Daniel L. Johnson md Menomonie, WI
