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Section 1e: Version 3 (V3)
Section 2: Clinical and Administrative Domains

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Context Aware Knowledge Retrieval Application (“Infobutton”), Knowledge Request, Release 2

DESCRIPTION

The Context-Aware Knowledge Retrieval (Infobutton) specifications provide a standard mechanism for clinical information systems to request context-specific clinical knowledge form online resources. This has become a widely adopted approach to help clinicians and patients answer their clinical questions that arise in the course of care. These kinds of knowledge retrieval tools have been generally known as "Infobuttons." Based on the clinical context, which includes characteristics of the patient, provider, care setting, and clinical task, infobuttons anticipate clinicians’ and patients’ questions and provide automated inks to resources that may answer those questions. For example, an infobutton displayed in the context of a patient’s problem list may allow a clinician to retrieve treatment guidelines on a specific condition as well as to retrieve relevant patient education material to share with the patient.

The infobutton knowledge request specification provides an information model for context-aware knowledge retrieval. Two implementation guides use refer to this specification: 1) The URL-Based Implementation Guide; 2) and the SOA Implementation Guide. Compliance with these specifications is required for EHR certification in the US EHR Meaningful Use Program.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Context Aware Knowledge Retrieval Application (“Infobutton”), Knowledge Request, Release 2 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

"Reaffirmation of HL7 Version 3 Standard: Context-Aware Retrieval Application (Infobutton); Knowledge Request, Release 2","HL7 Version 3 Standard: Context-Aware Knowledge Retrieval Application (Infobutton); Knowledge Request, Release 2","HL7 Version 3 Standard: Context-aware Information Retrieval (Infobutton), Release 1",Infobutton,Infobutton Knowledge Request

TARGETS

  • Clinical information system developers
  • Clinical knowledge resource publishers
  • Clinical decision support developers
  • Health care organizations
  • Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
  • Immunization Registries
  • Quality Reporting Agencies
  •  Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
  • Payors
  • Pharmaceutical Vendors
  • EHR, PHR Vendors
  • Health Care IT Vendors
  • Clinical Decision Support Systems Vendors
  • Lab Vendors
  • Emergency Services Providers
  • Local and State Departments of Health
  • Medical Imaging Service Providers
  • Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health)

BENEFITS

  • Enables the retrieval of contextually relevant, patient-specific knowledge resources from within clinical information systems, helping providers and patients answer their clinical questions raised in the course of care
  • Supports patient-centered care by enabling patients to be partners in the decision-making process
  • Promotes evidence-based practices through EHR technology to improve health care quality
  • Required for EHR certification in the US Meaningful Use Program

IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES

 

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND

Clinicians and patients often raise clinical questions in the course of patient care. Research shows that over half of these questions go unanswered and that these unanswered questions have a negative impact on patient care. Online health knowledge resources are widely available. Research has shown that these resources are able to answer most of clinicians’ and patients’ clinical questions. Yet, important barriers hinder a more effective and frequent use of these resources to support decision-making.

An effective solution to lowering those barriers is to integrate knowledge resource access into the patient care workflow through EHR systems. The Context-Aware Knowledge Retrieval (Infobutton) Standard provides a set of specifications that enable this kind if integration in a standard fashion.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Context Aware Knowledge Retrieval Application (“Infobutton”), Knowledge Request, Release 2

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HL7 Implementation Guide: Service-Oriented Architecture Implementations of the Context-aware Knowledge Retrieval (Infobutton) Domain, Release 1 (View Brief)

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HL7 Version 3 Implementation Guide: Context-Aware Knowledge Retrieval Application (Infobutton), Release 4 (View Brief)

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ADDITIONAL DETAILS

This standard is also available in the HL7 2014 Normative Edition. The 2014 Normative Edition is also available online to members

TOPICS

  • Care Provision
  • Decision Support
  • HHSFR

BALLOT TYPE

  • Normative

STATUS DATE

2019-08-12

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

Clinical Decision Support

PRODUCT TYPE

  • ANSI-approved

STAKEHOLDERS

  • Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
  • Clinical Decision Support Systems Vendors
  • EHR, PHR Vendors
  • Emergency Services Providers
  • Health Care IT Vendors
  • Healthcare Institutions
  • Immunization Registries
  • Lab Vendors
  • Local and State Departments of Health
  • Medical Imaging Service Providers
  • Payors
  • Pharmaceutical Vendors
  • Quality Reporting Agencies
  • Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)

FAMILY

  • V3

CURRENT STATE

  • Stable

REALM

  • Universal