HL7 Cross Paradigm Specification: Allergy and Intolerance Substance Value Set(s) Definition, Release 1

DESCRIPTION

This document describes a value set for use in identifying substances of concern for patients with allergies and intolerances. The list was generated by surveying existing records from large systems for common substances. The intent is to provide common terms for most cases of allergy or intolerance, promoting common understanding and discouraging use of redundant terms. It is not intended to prevent or inhibit the identification of less common substances.

 

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 Cross Paradigm Specification: Allergy and Intolerance Substance Value Set(s) Definition, Release 1 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

TARGETS

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

BENEFITS

• Supports the ability for disparate providers more easily to understand and reconcile allergy lists
• Enables message validation services and user interface tools to support efficient operations on most records, reserving more complex functionality for edge cases

 

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND

This document was produced with the assistance of several health care systems, who donated data from100 million allergy records

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 Cross Paradigm Specification: Allergy and Intolerance Substance Value Set(s) Definition, Release 1

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TOPICS

• Care Provision
• Terminology

BALLOT TYPE

• Informative

STATUS DATE

2018-08-27

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

STAKEHOLDERS

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

FAMILY

• Cross-paradigm

CURRENT STATE

• Stable

REALM

• Universal