Clinical Decision Support

Projects

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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Num	Name	Sponsor(s)/ Co-Sponsor(s)	Description	Project Facilitator	SD Approval Date	TSC Approval Date	Status
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
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)
1,977	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)
1,175	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)
1,018	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
1,763	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
1,925	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
1,118	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
1,142	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
1,342	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
1,887	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
1,972	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)
1,516	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
1,906	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
1,968	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)
1,937	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
1,316	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
1,618	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
1,766	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)
1,505	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
1,366	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
1,125	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
1,493	Documentation Templates and Rules (Da Vinci pjt; PSS in Confluence)	Sponsor(s): Clinical Decision Support Work Group Co-Sponsor(s): Patient Care Work Group; Payer/Provider Info Exchange Work Group	See PSS in Confluence for a full description: https://confluence. hl7. org/display/DVP/PSS+ for+ Documentation+ Templates+ and+ Rules?preview=/39160919/40730674/image2019- 1- 9_ 11- 10- 18. png The scope on Confluence describes details of the scope. . . the summary. . .	Robert Dieterle, Kevin Larsen	Mar 16, 2019	Jun 7, 2019	STU - 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
1,917	Data Exchange Profiles for 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids (Jira PSS- 2506)	Sponsor(s): Clinical Decision Support Work Group Co-Sponsor(s): Clinical Quality Information Work Group; Pharmacy Work Group	The 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids provides FHIR and CQL- based computable representation of the guideline recommendations, suitable for producing actionable recommendations as part of clinical workflows involving prescription. . .	Bryn Rhodes	Awaiting Approval	Jan 15, 2025	STU - Reconcile
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