HL7 Implementation Guide: Data Segmentation for Privacy (DS4P), Release 1

DESCRIPTION

The Office of the National Coordinator DS4P Implementation Guide (IG) will provide the core input into the HL7 DS4P IG project. The project scope is the publication of a U.S. realm DS4P normative specification as an exemplar for an IG that could be used by other realms. This IG entails :

• A CDA R2 content profile specifying constraints consistent with the DS4P requirements
• Two  US-specific  transport profiles of  for NwHIN Direct and Exchange constrained based on the DS4P requirements

The DS4P  IG identifies the normative standards that it constrains, and a description of how the IG is compliant with its base normative standards. The IG includes  implementation guidance to developers to ensure semantic interoperability.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 Implementation Guide: Data Segmentation for Privacy (DS4P), Release 1 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

TARGETS

• EHR, PHR Vendors
• Health Care IT Vendors
• Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health)

BENEFITS

• Creates constraints to standards for Meaningful Use consistent with federal and state privacy policies
• Enables the exchange of protected/sensitive personal health  information
• Supports secure exchange of health information and privacy annotations applied to documents, messages, or atomic data elements

IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES

• DS4P Project Pilot Implementations : VA/SAMHSA Pilot Implementation, SATVA, Jericho Systems/UT Austin, and NetSmart.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 Implementation Guide: Data Segmentation for Privacy (DS4P), Release 1

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TOPIC

• Security and Privacy

BALLOT TYPE

• Normative

STATUS DATE

2014-05-13

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUPS

PRODUCT TYPE

• Implementation Guide

STAKEHOLDERS

• EHR, PHR Vendors
• Health Care IT Vendors
• Healthcare Institutions

FAMILY

• CDA

CURRENT STATE

• Stable

REALM

• Universal