Section 1a: Clinical Document Architecture (CDA®)
Section 3: Implementation Guides
HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: ePOLST: Portable Medical Orders About Resuscitation and Initial Treatment, Release 1 - US Realm
DESCRIPTION
A CDA R2 implementation guide (US Realm) for the National POLST Portable Medical Orders form, building on the extensive analysis of data elements and stakeholder engagement by National POLST (https://polst.org/). A POLST Portable Medical Order differs from an Advance Directive and from a Personal Advance Care Plan (PACP) in that a POLST form is a portable medical order created by a clinician in consultation with the patient and/or patient's family for patients who are seriously ill or frail.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: ePOLST: Portable Medical Orders About Resuscitation and Initial Treatment, Release 1 - US Realm may also go by the following names or acronyms:
BENEFITS
- Creates a CDA standard for the National POLST Form: A Portable Medical Order, which enables integration into electronic health record (EHR) systems and emergency medicine data systems of portable medical orders about resuscitation and initial treatment.
- Enables standardized structured data and integration across systems of portable medical orders to benefit seriously ill or frail patients.
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TOPICS
- Care Provision
- Emergency Management
- Nutrition
- Patient Care
BALLOT TYPE
- STU
STATUS DATE
2022-10-03RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP
PRODUCT TYPE
- Implementation Guide
STAKEHOLDERS
- EHR, PHR Vendors
- Emergency Services Providers
- Health Care IT Vendors
- Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
FAMILY
- CDA
CURRENT STATE
- Active
REALM
- US Realm