Section 1a: Clinical Document Architecture (CDA®)
Section 2: Clinical and Administrative Domains
Section 3: Implementation Guides
HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: Emergency Medical Services; Patient Care Report, Release 1 – US Realm
DESCRIPTION
This implementation guide supports the provision of emergency medical service data from provider agencies to hospital emergency departments using the CDA standard. The clinical specifications were developed by the National EMS Information System Technical Assistance Center in collaboration with thirteen professional societies and eight federal partners. This release brings the Patient Care Report up to date with the NEMSIS 3.4 specification.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: Emergency Medical Services; Patient Care Report, Release 1 – US Realm may also go by the following names or acronyms:
TARGETS
- Payors
- EHR, PHR Vendors
- EMS and Ambulance Systems Vendors
- Health Care IT Vendors
- Emergency Services Providers
- Local and State Departments of Health
- Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health)
BENEFITS
- Provides a standardized channel for the submission of emergency medical service data to emergency departments and hospitals
- Supports re-use of information assets for both efficiency and quality by adopting the clinically validated National EMS Information System to use the CDA information model
IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES
- Zoll Medical
- Epic
- Key HIE
DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND
The guide was developed by modeling the NEMSIS clinical specification and mapping it into the CDA framework to support the reuse of commonly understood information.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
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TOPICS
- Care Provision
- Medical Records
- Patient Administration
- Patient Care
- Public Health
BALLOT TYPE
- Normative
STATUS DATE
2014-06-30RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUPS
PRODUCT TYPE
- ANSI-approved
STAKEHOLDERS
- Emergency Services Providers
- Health Care IT Vendors
- Healthcare Institutions
- Local and State Departments of Health
- Payors
FAMILY
- CDA
CURRENT STATE
- Retired
REALM
- US Realm