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Child Health (Archived)

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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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
1,977
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)
1,805
Adverse Event Clinical Research Implementation Guide (Jira PSS - 2171) Sponsor(s):
Biomedical Research and Regulation Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Devices Work Group; Patient Care Work Group
Adverse events (AE) are tracked and evaluated as part of the clinical research process in a research study, as the occurrence of an adverse event may surface a potential confounder or a potential side- effect of the study treatment. In the research setting. . . Michelle Casagni Awaiting Approval Apr 24, 2023 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,423
Bidirectional Services e Referrals (BSe R) Sponsor(s):
Public Health Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group
Bidirectional Services e Referrals involve the exchange of information between clinical care Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and service systems or EHRs that reside in services, lifestyle change, and public health organizations. They also involve the retu. . . John W. Loonsk MD, CGI Federal and Consultant to CDC May 23, 2018 Jul 9, 2018 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,111
Essential Information for Children with Special Health Care Needs Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Emergency Care Work Group; Patient Care Work Group
Children commonly have specific needs requiring multidisciplinary care and communication. We aim to develop required templates and implementation guide for an electronic format (e. g. , CDA) that includes important information about patient (and, when appro. . . Russell Leftwich, Michael Padula, Pele Yu Jun 18, 2014 Jun 27, 2014 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
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
1,886
Universal Implementation Guide for Family Health History (Jira PSS- 2389) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Genomics Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group
Creating a new IG that updates and expands current FHIR profiles and resources for family health history. This product will support both the transition from older non- HL7 standards currently in use, and also compatible with existing FHIR core profiles of . . . Grant Wood Awaiting Approval Awaiting Approval Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,620
COVID 19 FHIR IG (PSS in Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Information Modeling Initiative Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Quality Information Work Group; Orders and Observations Work Group; Patient Care Work Group; Public Health Work Group
Develop or reference FHIR profiles for COVID 19 data that requires exchange using standards. This will be a library of reusable profiles that can be used for multiple use cases including case reporting, surveillance, orders, analytics, research, etc. I. . . Stan Huff Aug 7, 2020 Nov 23, 2020 Informative - Request Publication
1,570
Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems Update and Revision (updated PSS on Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Emergency Care Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group
Development and publication of specifications for ED patient records systems, Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (DEEDS) (http://www. cdc. gov/ncipc/pub- res/deedspage. htm) in 1997, showed that relevant data standards can be consolidated and dist. . . James Mc Clay Awaiting Approval Awaiting Approval Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,746
CHOICE Guideline for the use of a Fetal Resource (Jira PSS- 1946) Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Public Health Work Group
Goal of the project is provide guidance in handling data relevant to the foetus in order to facilitate making those data available at the time of birth. Ultrasonographic and other imaging findings, pertinent genetic and labor. A foetus starts as a body ti. . . Michael Tan Awaiting Approval Jun 6, 2022 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
1,745
Radiation Therapy Treatment Data (Jira PSS- 1903) Sponsor(s):
Cross-Group Projects Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group
Radiation therapy treatment details – critical for care coordination – are typically available in radiation oncology electronic health record (EHR) modules, commonly recorded as free text notes, and manually entered into radiation therapy (RT) treatment s. . . Anthony Di Donato Awaiting Approval Jan 24, 2022 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
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
1,915
Person- Centered Outcomes (PCO) FHIR IG (Jira PSS- 2480) Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Interoperability Council Work Group; Human and Social Services Work Group; Patient Empowerment Work Group
The anticipated deliverable will be the HL7 FHIR Person- Centered Outcomes Implementation Guide. The PCO IG will support goal- directed care, such as the person- centered outcomes approach, which includes the identification and tracking of health outcome goa. . . Dave Carlson Awaiting Approval Jan 15, 2025 STU - Balloting
1,929
Profile and Implementation Guide for Advancing Collection of Standardized Symptoms Data (Jira PSS- 2566) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Interoperability Council Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Information Modeling Initiative Work Group; Patient Care Work Group; Patient Empowerment Work Group; Public Health Work Group
The anticipated deliverable will be the HL7 FHIR Symptoms Profile and Implementation Guide (IG). The Symptoms IG will support a structured approach to exchanging patient symptoms related data and identify example use cases standardized symptoms data are u. . . Lisa Anderson Awaiting Approval Apr 7, 2025 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,541
Vital Signs (PSS in Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Orders and Observations Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Information Modeling Initiative Work Group; Orders and Observations Work Group; Patient Care Work Group
The creation of logical models for Vital Signs and their corresponding FHIR profiles and implementation guide. Stan Huff Mar 13, 2020 Mar 23, 2020 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,644
FHIR Implementation Guide for Transfusion and Vaccination Adverse Event Reporting (PSS in Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Biomedical Research and Regulation Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group; Public Health Work Group
The FHIR Implementation Guide provides a set of profiles for detection, validation, reporting, and ultimately recording/persisting Adverse Events associated with blood transfusions and vaccinations. There are two sets of profiles with the first set intend. . . Jean Duteau Aug 7, 2020 Aug 31, 2020 STU - Reconcile
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
1,573
Specialty Medication Prescribing (PSS in Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Pharmacy Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Orders and Observations Work Group; Patient Care Work Group
The goal of this project is to create a co- branded FHIR implementation Guide (Co- branded between HL7 and NCPDP) focused on exchange of data (Demographic, prescription, clinical and financial) for dispensing specialty medications by pharmacies as well as f. . . Melva Peters Mar 8, 2020 Dec 3, 2021 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,525
International Patient Summary (IPS) IG (PSS In Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group
The goal of this project is to refine and maintain CDA R2 and FHIR implementation guides and the associated artifacts (e. g. resource profiles) for the International Patient Summary, extending its current scope. This project continues and supersedes . . . Robert Hausam, MD, Giorgio Cangioli Apr 7, 2019 Apr 15, 2019 STU - Reconcile
1,567
Gravity Project SDOH Data Elements FHIR IG (PSS in Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Terminology Infrastructure Work Group
The Gravity Project creates and maintains a consensus- building community to expand available Core Social Determinant of Health (SDOH) Data for Interoperability and accelerate standards- based information exchange by using HL7 FHIR. Gravity Project is part . . . Lisa Nelson Oct 22, 2019 Nov 18, 2019 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,494
Health Record Exchange (HRex) Framework (Da Vinci Pjt; PSS in Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Interoperability Council Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Financial Management Work Group; Patient Care Work Group; Payer/Provider Info Exchange Work Group
The Health Record exchange (HRex) Framework is part of the larger Da Vinci use case for Health Record exchange (HRex). After careful evaluation, the HRex project was decomposed into four independent efforts (and tied to 4 separate PSSs). The exchange of . . . Lloyd Mc Kenzie, Rick Geimer Mar 16, 2019 Apr 1, 2019 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,370
Transplant, Transfusion, and Grafts on FHIR Sponsor(s):
Orders and Observations Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group; Pharmacy Work Group
The objective of the project is to create an Implementation Guide to support data access, exchange about grafts, infusions and/or transplantation of biological derived products such as hematopoietic stem cells (bone marrow, peripheral blood, or cord blood. . . Bob Milius Nov 3, 2017 Nov 13, 2017 On Hold
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