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Clinical Decision Support

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FHIR Electronic Case Reporting (e CR) Sponsor(s):
Public Health Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Information Modeling Initiative Work Group; Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Clinical Quality Information Work Group
Public Health electronic case reporting (e CR) is the principally automated, bidirectional exchange of information between clinical care and public health in the context of reportable conditions. This project will build off of the C- CDA STU Public Heal. . . John Loonsk, e CR Standards Executive Sponsor, CGI Federal and Consultant to APHL Oct 25, 2017 Nov 16, 2017 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
1,766
Device Alerting (DEVAL) (Jira PSS- 2005) Sponsor(s):
Devices Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Orders and Observations Work Group; Patient Care Work Group
Medical devices generally support alert annunciation and management, both from a user interface on the device, as well as communicated to a remote system, such as an ICU Central Station. The Device Alerting project addresses how to represent this informat. . . John Rhoads Awaiting Approval Jun 6, 2022 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
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
1,316
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
1,937
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
1,968
Advancing Oral Health Interoperability (PSS- 2779) Sponsor(s):
Payer/Provider Info Exchange Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group,
h2. 1. Overview Dentistry is a distinct clinical profession. Dentists are doctors in their own right — distinct from physicians, not a subspecialty of medicine — and they refer, diagnose, document, and bill differently. Oral health needs the same moder. . . Mark Marciante Awaiting Approval Awaiting Approval Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
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
1,516
Alerts (Da Vinci project; PSS in Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Infrastructure and Messaging Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Financial Management Work Group; Patient Administration Work Group; Payer/Provider Info Exchange Work Group
Currently, ADT exchange approaches typically use HL7 V2 ADT messages. This a legacy EDI- style technology that uses HL7 specific protocols over ports hat are not typically exposed to the internet. While HL7 V2 works will within the confines of a hospital s. . . Robert Dieterle, Viet Nguyen Nov 14, 2019 Nov 25, 2019 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
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)
1,887
Clinical Quality Language (Jira PSS- 2409) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Quality Information Work Group
Clinical Quality Language has been a published mixed normative/trial use specification since April 2020. In that time the language has been used to represent clinical logic in multiple domains in the healthcare industry including quality measurement, deci. . . Bryn Rhodes Awaiting Approval Sep 27, 2024 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,342
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) for Immunizations FHIR Implementation Guide Sponsor(s):
Public Health Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Patient Care Work Group
Clinical Decision Support for Immunizations is increasingly being used in health information systems to indicate which vaccinations a patient is due for next. Many of these expert systems are built as stand- alone systems that respond to web service reques. . . Nathan Bunker Nov 3, 2017 Dec 21, 2017 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,142
CQL- based HQMF Implementation Guide Sponsor(s):
Clinical Quality Information Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group
As part of the Clinical Quality Framework S and I initiative, and HL7’s CQI and CDS workgroups, work is underway to develop a harmonized data model and expression language to define electronic Clinical Quality Measures (e Measures) and Clinical Decis. . . Bryn Rhodes Oct 6, 2016 Oct 24, 2016 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,118
Arden Syntax for Medical Logic Systems v3. 0 Sponsor(s):
Arden Syntax Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group
Arden Syntax v3. 0 will be an updated successor to Arden Syntax v2. 10 in the universal realm. The primary change in v3. 0 over v2. 10 will be incorporation of a standard data model for external data mappings in order to address the “curly braces” problem. Th. . . Robert Jenders Nov 5, 2018 Nov 26, 2018 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
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
1,018
Decision Support Service Implementation Guide Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Orchestration, Services, and Architecture Work Group
A Decision Support Service takes in patient data as the input and provides back patient- specific assessments and recommendations. A Decision Support Service facilitates the implementation of clinical decision support capabilities in a scalable manner. Thi. . . Kensaku Kawamoto Aug 2, 2013 Jul 28, 2014 Withdraw
1,175
Clinical Decision Support Big Picture Implementation Guide Sponsor(s):
Arden Syntax Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Clinical Quality Information Work Group
2017 Sept: PSS with updated target dates submitted. Clinical decision support (CDS) is increasingly viewed as a vital health information technology for supporting and maintaining good health outcomes. However, a proliferation of health information tech. . . Robert Jenders Nov 1, 2017 Mar 5, 2018 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,977
Da Vinci Data Exchange for Quality Measures DEQM Universal Realm (PSS- 2691) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Quality Information Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group,Patient Care Work Group
*Note that this is a new JIRA PSS to the existing project, PI ID 1429. * *The purpose of this change is to create a Universal Realm successor to the DEQM STU 5 IG already published in the US Realm. * DEQM STU 5. 0. 0 is published in the US Realm, and th. . . Bryn Rhodes Awaiting Approval Jan 30, 2026 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
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)
1,429
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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