PCC Actor Requirements

Requirements of {{{1}}} Actors

This section describes the specific requirements for each Actor defined within this profile. Specific details can be found in Volume 1 and Volume 2 of the technical framework.

Content Creator

1. A Content Creator shall be grouped with the Time Client Actor, and shall synchronize its clock with a Time Server.
2. A Content Creator shall be grouped with the Secure Node or Secure Application Actor of the ATNA profile.
3. All activity initiated by the application implementing the Content Creator shall generate the appropriate audit trail messages as specified by the ATNA Profile. The bare minimum requirements of a Content Creator are that it be able to log creation and export of clinical content.
4. A Content Creator shall use secure communications for any document exchanges, according to the specifications of the ATNA profile.

Content Consumer

1. A Content Consumer shall implement the View Option or Discrete Data import option, or both.
2. A Content Consumer that implements the Document Import or Section Import Option shall implement the View Option as well.
3. A Content Consumer that implements the View option shall be able to:
   1. Demonstrate rendering of the document for display.
   2. Print the document.
   3. Display the document with its original stylesheet.
   4. Support traversal of any links contained within the document.
4. A Content Consumer that implements the Document Import Option shall:
   1. Store the document.
   2. Demonstrate the ability to access the document again from local storage.
5. A Content Consumer that implements the Section Import Option shall offer a means to import one or more document sections into the patient record as free text.
6. A Content Consumer that implements the Discrete Data Import Option shall offer a means to import structured data from one or more sections of the document.
7. A Content Consumer Actor shall be grouped with the Time Client Actor, and shall synchronize its clock with a Time Server.
8. All activity initiated by the application implementing the Content Consumer shall generate the appropriate audit trail messages as specified by the ATNA Profile. The bare minimum requirements of a Content Consumer are that it be able to log views or imports of clinical content.
9. A Content Consumer shall log events for any views of stored clinical content.
10. A Content Consumer shall use secure communications for any document exchanges, according to the specifications of the ATNA profile.