HL7 Version 3 Standard: Virtual Medical Record for Clinical Decision Support (vMR-CDS) XML Specification, Release 1

DESCRIPTION

The vMR is a data model for representing the data that are analyzed and/or produced by CDS engines.  The term vMR has historically been used in the CDS community to refer to a simplified representation of the clinical record that is suitable and safe for a CDS knowledge engineer to directly manipulate in order to derive patient-specific assessments and recommendations.  Historically, the challenge has been that different organizations used different vMRs.  The purpose of the vMR effort is to define a standard vMR that can be used across CDS implementations.  Moreover, due to the intended use of the vMR, a primary goal is simple and intuitive representation of data that is easy and safe for a typical CDS knowledge engineer to understand, use, and implement.

The vMR XML Specification defines how to implement the semantics of the vMR Logical Model in an XML format.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Virtual Medical Record for Clinical Decision Support (vMR-CDS) XML Specification, Release 1 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

TARGETS

• Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
• Immunization Registries
• Quality Reporting Agencies
•  Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
• Regulatory Agency
• Payors
• Pharmaceutical Vendors
• EHR, PHR Vendors
• Equipment Vendors
• Health Care IT Vendors
• Clinical Decision Support Systems Vendors
• Lab Vendors
• HIS 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 development, sharing, and widespread use of CDS artifacts and capabilities using a common implementation technology (XML)
• Supports scalable, interoperable CDS

IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES

• OpenCDS (www.opencds.org)
• University of Utah
• Zynx Health
• Other participants in the Health eDecisions initiative (www.healthedecisions.org)
• Cognitive Medical Systems

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Virtual Medical Record for Clinical Decision Support (vMR-CDS) XML Specification, Release 1

STU DOCUMENTS

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Virtual Medical Record for Clinical Decision Support (vMR-CDS) XML Specification, Release 1

Expiration Oct 2016

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TOPIC

• Decision Support

BALLOT TYPE

• DSTU
• Informative

STATUS DATE

2017-12-13

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUPS

STAKEHOLDERS

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

FAMILY

• V3

CURRENT STATE

• Active

REALM

• Universal