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Clinical Decision Support

Below is a list of the current projects this work group is sponsoring. Visit the searchable project database to find projects sponsored by other work groups.

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Vulcan Schedule of Activities FHIR Implementation Guide (Jira PSS- 2003) Sponsor(s):
Biomedical Research and Regulation Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group
This project intends to produce a set of FHIR Profiles that will allow for a schedule of activities of a clinical study to be represented as FHIR resources. The initial phase of the project will restrict itself to the initial definition of the activities . . . Jean Duteau Awaiting Approval Nov 15, 2022 STU - Reconcile
1,857
Terminology Fundamentals (Jira PSS- 2335) Sponsor(s):
Terminology Infrastructure Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group
The objective of the 'Terminology Fundamentals' is to develop a cross- paradigm Implementation Guide (IG) that encompasses the fundamental principles of terminology found in HL7 published standards. This initiative aims to showcase the basics of terminolog. . . Jessica Bota Awaiting Approval Mar 12, 2024 Informative - Reconcile
1,597
SMART Web Messaging (PSS in Confluence) Sponsor(s):
FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group
SMART Web Messaging enables tight UI integration between EHRs and embedded SMART apps via HTML5's Web Messaging. Use SMART Web Messaging to push unsigned orders, note snippets, risk scores or UI suggestions directly to the clinician's EHR session. Built o. . . Carl Anderson May 16, 2020 Jun 1, 2020 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,505
Representation of Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations in FHIR Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Quality Information Work Group; Patient Care Work Group
Over the past year, the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) has been conducting a multi- stakeholder initiative called 'Adapting Clinical Guidelines for the Digital Age' with the goal of connecting research and evidence swiftly and ac. . . Bryn Rhodes Feb 18, 2019 Feb 25, 2019 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,937
Reaffirmation of CQL R1 Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group
HL7 Cross- Paradigm Specification: Clinical Quality Language, Release 1 published 12/1/2020 requires reaffirmation before Edition 2 is ready for normative release. Bryn Rhodes Awaiting Approval Awaiting Approval Normative - Reconcile
1,982
Positive Deviance Reporting and Analysis (PSS- 2633) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group
This informative Implementation Guide (IG) will describe how to represent and share data related to Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plans (SCAMPs) using HL7 FHIR. SCAMPs are clinician- developed care pathways designed to reduce unwarranted . . . Bryn Rhodes Awaiting Approval Awaiting Approval Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,936
Patient Information Quality Improvement (PIQI) Framework (Jira PSS- 2607) Sponsor(s):
Cross-Group Projects Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Electronic Health Records Work Group; Structured Documents Work Group; Terminology Infrastructure Work Group
The objective of the Patient Information Quality Improvement (PIQI) Framework project is to develop an abstract, representation- agnostic data quality framework enabling the computable definition of data quality criteria. Additionally, this project will de. . . Russ Ott Awaiting Approval Jun 9, 2025 Informative - Reconcile
1,010
Ordering Service Interface Specification Project Sponsor(s):
Orders and Observations Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Imaging Integration Work Group; Orchestration, Services, and Architecture Work Group; Pharmacy Work Group
The Ordering Service complements existing SOA services and the SAIF Behavioural Framework (BF) for HL7. It provides a Service Functional Model (SFM) for ordering pharmacy, laboratory, radiology, consult and nutritional services individually or part of an . . . Claude Nanjo Dec 21, 2016 Jun 24, 2013 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,618
Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC) Dynamic Electronic Care Planning and Management FHIR IG (PSS in Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group
Initiated by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the multiple chronic conditions (MCC) Dynamic electronic care (e Care) Plan Project aims to develop, test, and pilot an interoperable e Care plan that will facilitate. . . Gay Dolin Jun 23, 2020 Jul 6, 2020 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,847
Medication Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) FHIR Implementation Guide (Jira PSS- 2295) Sponsor(s):
Pharmacy Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Biomedical Research and Regulation Work Group; Clinical Decision Support Work Group
The aim of this effort is to develop a FHIR Implementation Guide focused on the US jurisdiction for integrating medication- related Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) into provider workflows. A REMS is a drug safety program that the U. S. Food. . . Kelee Petzelt Awaiting Approval Nov 14, 2023 STU - Reconcile
1,972
Medical Oncology Prior Authorization (MOPA): A Standards- Based Framework for Medical Oncology Prior Authorization (PSS- 2782) Sponsor(s):
Financial Management Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group,Clinical Interoperability Council Work Group
Code X's intention is to provide guidence to implementers of FHIR- based prior authorization for use in the oncology treatment context. The specific publications forthcoming will be decided as the work proceeds.   The framework posits several areas for on. . . Amy Krane Awaiting Approval Awaiting Approval Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,611
Making Electronic Data More Available for Research and Public Health (Med Morph) Reference Architecture HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide (PSS in Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Public Health Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Clinical Quality Information Work Group; Patient Care Work Group
The goal of the Med Morph project is to develop and pilot a scalable and extensible standards- based reference architecture. This reference architecture will enable clinical data exchange with EHR systems and public health systems, specialized registries, n. . . Nagesh Bashyam, Brett Marquard Apr 6, 2020 Apr 13, 2020 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,316
Integrated Information Models and Tools (IIM&T) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Information Modeling Initiative Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Clinical Interoperability Council Work Group; Clinical Quality Information Work Group; Community-Based Care and Privacy (CBCP) Work Group; Electronic Health Records Work Group; Healthcare Standards Integration; Orchestration, Services, and Architecture Work Group
HL7's Integration of Information Models and Tools (IIM and T) project will facilitate alignment among a federated set of CIMI- compliant models: SOLOR, FHIM, DCMs, CQI CQF, US CORE, QI Core, etc. ; where, alignment is dependent on common CIMI principles and. . . Steve Hufnagel, Nona Hall Mar 7, 2017 Jun 9, 2017 Informative - Reconcile
1,925
IG for Utilizing a Digital Protocol for Clinical Trials (Jira PSS- 2526) Sponsor(s):
Biomedical Research and Regulation Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group
An initial use looked at a simple document based transfer and was tested at the May 2024 connectathon. The September 2024 connectathon tested representation of protocol meta data. This initial work has provided sufficient groundwork to begin building a dr. . . Hugh Glover Awaiting Approval Apr 7, 2025 STU - Reconcile
1,763
HL7 FHIR US Public Health Profiles Library (Jira PSS- 2007) Sponsor(s):
Public Health Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group
After evaluation and harmonization analysis of two large multi- condition and multi- use case public health projects – e CR and Med Morph, it was determined that there are many common elements between the two IGs. The short- term scope of this library will inc. . . Sarah Gaunt Awaiting Approval May 11, 2022 STU - Reconcile
1,234
HL7 FHIR Implementation Guide: CDS Hooks, Release 1 Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group, Clinical Quality Information Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
FHIR Infrastructure Work Group; Orchestration, Services, and Architecture Work Group
This project will investigate the use of FHIR in a Clinical Quality Framework context with the goal of identifying best practices for the use of FHIR in support of the primary use cases of Clinical Decision Support and Clinical Quality Measurement, namely. . . Bryn Rhodes Dec 1, 2017 Dec 21, 2017 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,906
HL7 Cross- Paradigm Specification: FHIRPath, Release 2 (Jira PSS- 2430) Sponsor(s):
Implementable Technology Specifications Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; FHIR Infrastructure Work Group
FHIRPath is a path based navigation and extraction language, somewhat like XPath. Operations are expressed in terms of the logical content of hierarchical data models, and support traversal, selection and filtering of data. Its design was influenced by th. . . Bryn Rhodes Awaiting Approval Sep 19, 2024 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
924
HL7 Care Coordination Service (CCS) Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Orchestration, Services, and Architecture Work Group
The purpose of this effort is to create a standard and specification for an HL7 SOA Care Coordination Service to support collaboration among a multi- disciplinary care team consisting of members from either the same or different organizations (e. g. primary. . . Enrique Meneses Oct 15, 2012 Dec 10, 2012 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,973
Harmonization of Health Quality Information Models - FHIR (PSS- 2766) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Quality Information Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group
*== Revised Project Scope description language ==* The scope of this project is to develop and maintain FHIR artifacts needed for clinical quality measurement and clinical decision support. This project defines FHIR artifacts and provides guidance t. . . Yan Heras Awaiting Approval Awaiting Approval Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,125
Harmonization of Health Quality Information Models - FHIR Sponsor(s):
Clinical Quality Information Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Information Modeling Initiative Work Group; Clinical Decision Support Work Group
Scope update, April 2026: The scope of this project is to develop and maintain FHIR artifacts needed for clinical quality measurement and clinical decision support. This project defines FHIR artifacts and provides guidance to enable interoperable repre. . . Bryn Rhodes Feb 6, 2017 Dec 21, 2017 STU - Reconcile
1,392
FHIRcast: Application Context Synchronization in FHIR (PSS in Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Infrastructure and Messaging Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
International Mentoring Committee; Clinical Decision Support Work Group; FHIR Infrastructure Work Group; Infrastructure and Messaging Work Group; Security Work Group
This project will investigate the creation of a decentralized, web- based context synchronization specification. This specification will enable secure integration across different devices, systems, and/or, networks - not tie the user’s session to a single . . . Isaac Vetter Feb 4, 2019 Feb 18, 2019 STU - Reconcile
1,422
FHIR Resources for Evidence- Based Medicine Knowledge Assets (EBMon FHIR) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Biomedical Research and Regulation Work Group; Clinical Quality Information Work Group
The project will gather input from broad communities producing, analyzing, synthesizing, disseminating and implementing clinical research (evidence) and recommendations for clinical care (clinical practice guidelines) to determine the data exchange needs . . . Brian Alper Jun 4, 2018 Jun 22, 2018 STU - Balloting
1,799
FHIR Representation of Eligibility Criteria for Clinical Trials (Jira PSS- 2127) Sponsor(s):
Biomedical Research and Regulation Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Clinical Interoperability Council Work Group; Clinical Quality Information Work Group
This project will develop implementation guidance to support FHIR representation of Eligibility Criteria for Clinical Trials. The BR&R WG has been working on this use case for several months and has done extensive work discussed during weekly BR&R call. . . Brian Alper Awaiting Approval Nov 22, 2022 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,499
FHIR Quality Measure Implementation Guide (Jira PSS- 2513) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Quality Information Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group
Updated Scope: The purpose of this change is to move the IG from US Realm to Universal Realm The Institute of Medicine (USA) (IOM) defines quality as: 'The degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of de. . . Bryn Rhodes Feb 3, 2019 Feb 11, 2019 STU - Reconcile
1,429
FHIR Implementation Guide for Data Exchange for Quality Measures (Da Vinci Pjt) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Quality Information Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group,Patient Care Work Group
- Payers and providers need common exchange process to share the data required to complete quality measures as well as gaps in care. - The initial focus of this PSS was both the standard for exchange and the specific use case of medication reconcilia. . . Bryn Rhodes, Gay Dolin, Robert Dieterle, Linda Michaelsen, Viet Nguyen Mar 2, 2020 Jan 30, 2026 STU - Reconcile
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