NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON STANDARDS AND SECURITY

August 20-21, 2001

Room 705A, Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201

Monday, August 20
9:00 – 9:15 am Introductions and announcements Dr. Simon Cohn
9:15- 9:30 am Introduction to models and reference terminologies Dr. Christopher Chute, Mayo Foundation
9:30 – 10:15 am Meta-data Registry (US Health Information Knowledgebase – USHIK) Glenn Sperle, CMS
10:15 – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Presentation of the HL7 version 3 development process including the flow of use cases into a Reference Information Model (RIM) with the generation of message standards deriving from the model. Dr. George (Woody) Beeler, HL-7
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 1:45 pm The Good Electronic Health Record (GEHR) and questions Dr. Peter Schloeffel, Australia
1:45 – 2:45 pm A review of SNOMED as a reference terminology based on ontological principles and its potential use as a data dictionary for electronic health records. Dr. Kent Spackman, SNOMED
2:45 – 3:15 pm The new framework and data model for CPT Michael Beebe, AMA
3:15 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 – 4:15 pm The objectives of the UMLS as a meta-thesaurus, the terminologies included within the UMLS, and the potential value of the UMLS for mapping between terminologies. Betsy Humphreys, NLM
4:15 – 5:30 pm Committee discussion regarding the use of information models and medical terminologies as a foundation for PMRI standards. Dr. Chute
Tuesday, August 21
8:30 – 9:00 am Review of PMRI data analysis methodologies: how the different perspectives can help us understand the standards, review of abbreviations, assumptions, constraints, etc. Margret Amatayakul, MargretA Consulting
9:00 – 9:45 am Review of data from the first methodology perspective Margret Amatayakul
9:45 – 10:00 am Break
10:00 – 10:45 am Review of data from the second perspective Margret Amatayakul
10:45 – 12:00 pm Review of conclusions, gaps, issues and next steps
12:00 pm Adjourn