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Section 1e: Version 3 (V3)
Section 2: Clinical and Administrative Domains
Section 3: Implementation Guides
Section 4: Rules and References

HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: Patient-Friendly Language for Consumer User Interfaces, Release 1

DESCRIPTION

The Patient Friendly Language for Consumer User Interfaces IG is sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and is a result of a focused effort to provide a plain language healthcare vocabulary for patient comprehension. This vocabulary is targeted specifically toward healthcare consumer user interfaces which create outputs for consumer consumption such as consent directives, reports of disclosures, and notices of privacy practices.

Patients are often uncomfortable with the provided technical/legal security and privacy jargon used in healthcare consumer user interface outputs for consumer consumption. This technical/legal jargon makes it difficult for patients to fully participate in decisions regarding their healthcare. By using plain language vocabulary mapped to technical/legal jargon, we increase the likelihood that patients understand the choices they make while ensuring that their choices are correctly translated across the system.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: Patient-Friendly Language for Consumer User Interfaces, Release 1 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

"HL7 CDA® R2 IG: Patient-Friendly Consent Directives, Release 1",Patient Friendly Language for Security and Privacy, PFL,

TARGETS

  • Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
  • EHR, PHR Vendors
  • Clinical Decision Support Systems Vendors
  • Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
  • Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health)

BENEFITS

  • Provides a mapping of technical/legal security and privacy jargon to suggested plain language vocabulary
  • Enables vocabulary mapping on topics such as purpose of use, sensitive condition restrictions, opt-in/opt-out, and other privacy- and security-related topics found in healthcare consumer user interface outputs for consumer consumption

IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES

  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • SAMHSA

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND

Although not mandatory, it is expected that implementers will use the vocabulary provided in the mapping to conform to plain language guidelines. Conformance guidance is provided for healthcare consumer user interface outputs.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: Patient-Friendly Language for Consumer User Interfaces, Release 1

(Download) (3.75 MB)

TOPICS

  • Community-Based Health
  • Decision Support
  • Patient Care
  • Security and Privacy
  • Terminology

BALLOT TYPE

  • Informative

STATUS DATE

2015-10-14

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

Community-Based Care and Privacy (CBCP)

PRODUCT TYPE

  • Standard Reference Materials

STAKEHOLDERS

  • Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
  • Clinical Decision Support Systems Vendors
  • EHR, PHR Vendors
  • Healthcare Institutions
  • Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)

FAMILY

  • V3

CURRENT STATE

  • Stable

REALM

  • Universal