Section 1e: Version 3 (V3)
Section 2: Clinical and Administrative Domains
HL7 Version 3 Standard: Orders; Diet and Nutrition, Release 1
DESCRIPTION
The HL7 v3 Nutrition Orders Standard – Universal Realm is a messaging specification intended to standardize the electronic transmission and exchange of nutrition orders including oral diets, enteral nutrition (tube feeding and infant formula requirements) and nutritional supplements in health care facilities across the continuum of care. Nutrition orders along with documented food allergies, intolerances and food preferences are required to safely provide inpatients or residents with nutritionally appropriate foods. A hospital or long-term care facility's Food & Nutrition Services or Dietetics department needs a diet order to notify the staff that a patient is able and allowed to eat; or requires alternative sources of nutrition such as enteral or parenteral nutrition. Computerized Food and Nutrition Management Systems (FNMS) used by Dietetics and Food & Nutrition Services departments in hospitals and long-term care facilities depend on HL7 interfaces to exchange data with hospital information systems (HIS), electronic health record (EHR) systems, and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems.
Note: The scope of the Nutrition Orders Standard does not include parenteral nutrition as those orders require coordination with the pharmacy domain.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
HL7 Version 3 Standard: Orders; Diet and Nutrition, Release 1 may also go by the following names or acronyms:
TARGETS
- Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
- Professional organizations such as Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, American Academy of Pediatrics, American and European Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Societies, etc.
- EHR, PHR Vendors
- Health Care IT Vendors
- HIS Vendors
- Food and Nutrition Management System Vendors
- Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health)
BENEFITS
- Provides implementers the ability to electronically exchange structured data regarding diet and nutrition order information using V3 artifacts to improve patient care and operational efficiency in hospitals and post-acute and long-term care facilities
- Offers healthcare systems using the provided interactions a more comprehensive picture of a patient’s nutrition and diet orders
- Promotes semantic interoperability across organizations and systems across the continuum of care
IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES
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STU Implementers:
- National Institutes of Health – Clinical Center
- The CBORD Group, Inc.
- Sponsored by Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
RELATED DOCUMENTS
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HL7 Version 3 Standard: Orders; Diet and Nutrition, Release 1 |
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STU DOCUMENTS
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HL7 Version 3 Standard: Orders; Diet and Nutrition Orders, Release 1, STU Release 2 | Expiration Feb 2019 |
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HL7 Version 3 Standard: Orders; Diet and Nutrition Orders, DSTU Release 1 | Expiration Oct 2016 |
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TOPICS
- Care Provision
- Nutrition
- Patient Care
BALLOT TYPE
- Informative
- STU
STATUS DATE
2020-11-09RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP
STAKEHOLDERS
- EHR, PHR Vendors
- Health Care IT Vendors
- Healthcare Institutions
- HIS Vendors
- Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
FAMILY
- V3
CURRENT STATE
- Stable
REALM
- Universal