Recommendations, Reports & Presentations
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[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 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[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 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 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[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,…
Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Preliminary Information Sheet[1] Domain Title and Team Lead: Team Co-leads: Dr. William Heetderks and Dr. Richard Swaja (NIH/NIBIB) Scope: The primary application of this standard is for combining data from several media (e.g., images, photos, audios, videos, faxes, etc.) into patient records. This standard is useful throughout the federal healthcare system,…
Consolidated Health Informatics Initiative Preliminary Information Sheet Format[1] Domain Title and Team Lead Population Health Steven J Steindel, Ph.D. Scope (Content: Brief description of domain definition to include what is considered in scope and what is considered out of scope. Rationale and issues that were identified by team will be included.) Domain/Sub-domain In-Scope (Y/N) Public…