Difference between revisions of "Medical Summaries Profile"
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The [[Frameworks#IHE Patient Care Coordination Framework| Patient Care Coordination Framework]] is the official master document for this Profile. | The [[Frameworks#IHE Patient Care Coordination Framework| Patient Care Coordination Framework]] is the official master document for this Profile. | ||
| − | The [[ | + | The [[Medical Summaries FAQ Template]] answers typical questions about what the Profile does. |
| − | The [[ | + | The [[Medical Summaries Purchasing Template]] describes considerations when purchasing equipment to deploy this Profile. |
| − | The [[ | + | The [[Medical Summaries Implementation Template]] provides additional information about implementing this Profile in software. |
This page is based on the [[Profile Template]] | This page is based on the [[Profile Template]] | ||
[[Category:Profiles]] | [[Category:Profiles]] | ||
Revision as of 13:53, 22 November 2006
This profile defines the content sections for Discharge Summaries and Referral Notes. It uses HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) Release 2 and Care Record Summary as its base standard and constrains this to level 3 encoding for medications, allergies and problem lists.
Summary
The Cross-Enterprise Sharing of Medical Summaries profile provides a mechanism to automate the sharing process between care providers of Medical Summaries, a class of clinical documents that contain the most relevant portions of information about the patient intended for a specific provider or a broad range of potential providers in different settings. Medical Summaries are commonly created and consumed by electronic medical record systems at points in time of transfers of care such as referrals or discharge.
Benefits
- Leverage Clinical Documents ontology
- A common mechanism for transfer of encoded clinical data embedded in documents
- Enhances Clinical Documents criteria for key use cases:
- Inpatient to Primary Care Provider
- Primary Care Provider to Specialist
Details
The basic process flow supported by XDS-MS mirrors current manual practices: someone gathers the appropriate documents from the patient medical record, copies them, packages them up with a cover letter explaining the reason the information is being sent, and then ships the package to the receiving provider. This is often accompanied by a telephone call from the sending provider to the receiving provider that indicates that such information is forthcoming.
Systems Affected
EHR Systems
Actors
Transactions
See Also
Profile Status: Final Text The Patient Care Coordination Framework is the official master document for this Profile.
The Medical Summaries FAQ Template answers typical questions about what the Profile does.
The Medical Summaries Purchasing Template describes considerations when purchasing equipment to deploy this Profile.
The Medical Summaries Implementation Template provides additional information about implementing this Profile in software.
This page is based on the Profile Template