Section 1d: Version 2 (V2)
Section 3: Implementation Guides
HL7 Version 2.6 Implementation Guide: Vital Records Death Reporting, Release 1 STU 2 - US Realm
DESCRIPTION
This document provides a technical messaging specification for transmitting death related information using the HL7 Version 2.6 ADT Update Patient Information. The reporting requirements are consistent with the 2003 Revision of the United States (U.S.) Standard Certificate of Death that is available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) website at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vital_certificate_revisions.htm. Our goal is to enable interoperable electronic data exchanges among electronic health record systems, U.S. vital records systems and the national statistical agency, NCHS. The use cases represented within this implementation guide (IG) describe the technical requirements for reporting death from a clinical setting to the jurisdictional vital records office that sends vital records information to NCHS. Additionally, the document provides support for NCHS to report information back to the jurisdictional vital records office.
This specification is being retired to allow implementers to concentrate on the FHIR IG that has been created to support death reporting requirements.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
HL7 Version 2.6 Implementation Guide: Vital Records Death Reporting, Release 1 STU 2 - US Realm may also go by the following names or acronyms:
TARGETS
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Regulatory Agency
- Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
- EHR, PHR Vendors
- HIS Vendors
- Healthcare IT Vendors
- Electronic Death Registration Systems
- Local and State Departments of Health
- Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health)
BENEFITS
- Creates a common authoritative set of information requirements to facilitate consistency in the content and encoding of required vital records death data for national and state information relevant for promoting public health and for aiding decision makers in setting policies, directing resources, managing problems, and identifying emerging health trends.
- Enables analysts and developers with guidance relative to the specialized use of the HL7 Version 2.6 ADT Update Patient Information for providing death reporting information.
- Supports laying the foundational requirements for standardized transmission of certain vital records information in a way that may improve the quality and timeliness of vital records death data collection and reporting.
- Provides information to health care provider organizations, jurisdictional vital records offices, the NCHS, health information exchange organizations and other vital records death reporting stakeholders.
- Supports the foundational requirements for data interoperability and data exchange between clinical systems and vital records electronic death registration systems.
IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES
- National Center for Health Statistics
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
Health data standards serve as the foundation for electronic health records (EHR) systems and support interoperability with public health programs and health data systems. Over six million vital events are reported each year from data derived from birth certificates, death certificates and fetal death reports. Vital records can benefit from utilizing a national standardized approach to data collection and transmission that is consistent with health information systems including electronic health records. Such integration of information can potentially improve public health's ability to monitor the health of the nation and the health care system, and link data in multiple ways for a healthier population.
Message content is based on the standard certificates and worksheets developed by NCHS. The relevant documents can be found at the CDC/NCHS website at: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vital_certificate_revisions.htm that includes all reference to the 2003 Revisions of the U.S. Standard Certificates of Live Birth and Death and the Fetal Death Report.
This implementation guide is a companion piece to HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA® Release 2: Birth and Fetal Death Reporting, Release 1 (US Realm), which covers the same functional territory while using CDA as the format for transmitting vital records information
RELATED DOCUMENTS
HL7 Version 2.6 Implementation Guide: Vital Records Death Reporting, Release 1 STU 2 - US Realm |
STU DOCUMENTS
HL7 Version 2.6 Implementation Guide: Vital Records Death Reporting, Release 1 STU R2.2 - US Realm | Expiration Jun 2022 |
(Download) (1.47 MB) |
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HL7 Version 2.6 Implementation Guide: Vital Records Death Reporting, Release 1 STU 2 - US Realm | Expiration Jun 2022 |
(Download) (1.38 MB) |
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HL7 Version 2.6 Implementation Guide: Vital Records Death Reporting, Release 1 STU R2.1 - US Realm | Expiration Aug 2019 |
(Download) (2.39 MB) |
TOPICS
- Patient Administration
- Patient Care
- Public Health
BALLOT TYPE
- STU
STATUS DATE
2022-07-27RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUPS
PRODUCT TYPE
- Implementation Guide
STAKEHOLDERS
- EHR, PHR Vendors
- Healthcare Institutions
- HIS Vendors
- Local and State Departments of Health
- Regulatory Agency
- Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
FAMILY
- V2
CURRENT STATE
- Retired
REALM
- US Realm