February 20, 2004 – Letter to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH regarding the establishment of the National Children’s Study

February 20, 2004 Duane Alexander, M.D. Director National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health 9000 Rockville Pike Building 31 Bethesda, Maryland  20892 Dear Dr. Alexander: The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), an advisory committee to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is charged with…

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiate Final Recommendation Information Sheet – Clinical Encounters – for the January 27, 2004 NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security Hearing

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet[1] Domain Title(s) and Team Lead Clinical Encounters: Gregg Seppala, VHA Scope Clinical encounter is defined by ASTM as “(1) an instance of direct provider/practitioner to patient interaction, regardless of the setting, between a patient and a practitioner vested with primary responsibility for diagnosing, evaluating or treating the patient’s condition,…

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet – Text-Based Reports for the January 27, 2004 NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security Hearing

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet[1] Domain Title and Team Leads: Text-Based Reports:  VA Co-Leads: Linda Nugent and Dr.Viet Nguyen (VA) Scope: Identify standards and terminologies used to define the messaging architecture and syntax of clinical text documents.  Initially, all clinical documents types were considered as possible sub-domains. Additional sub-domains were further delineated…

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet – Chemicals for the January 27, 2004 NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security Hearing

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Sheet Format[1] Domain Title and Team Lead: Chemicals: Steven J Steindel, Ph.D (CDC) Scope: To provide codes for chemicals of importance to health care outside of medications, which were covered in the CHI Medication standard. The workgroups feels that for health care purposes these chemicals will be those found…

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet – Billing/Financial for the December 9, 2003 NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security Hearing

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet[1] Domain Title and Team Lead Billing/Financial:  Cynthia Wark, CMS Scope The Billing/Financial standards are used to implement electronic exchange of health related information needed to perform billing/administrative functions in the Federal health care enterprise.  It is assumed that the HIPAA transaction and code sets will serve as…

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet – Medical Devices and Supplies for the December 9, 2003 NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security Hearing

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet1 Domain Title & Team Lead: Medical Devices and Supplies:  Brock Hefflin, FDA Scope: This domain is defined as a terminology used to inventory or exchange information on medical devices and medical supplies within and between agencies, and between agencies and the public.  The workgroup excluded “staff” resources…

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet – History and Physical for the December 9, 2003 NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security Hearing

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet Domain Title and Team Lead History and Physical:     Linda Nugent and Viet Nguyen, VA Co-Leads Scope This domain is defined as the terminology that is used to identify, classify, and name the components incorporated into a patient’s medical history and the physical exam process performed by…

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet – Diagnosis & Problem List for the December 9, 2003 NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security Hearing

Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Final Recommendation Information Sheet[1] Domain Title and Team Lead: Diagnosis & Problem List:  Karla Porter and Beth Acker, VA Co-chairs Scope: A series of brief statements that catalog a patient’s medical, nursing, dental, social, preventative and psychiatric events and issues that are relevant to that patient’s health care (e.g. signs, symptoms,…