PCC Profile Deprecation

Overview

From time to time IHE Profiles (and National Extensions) may need to be deprecated for one reason or another. PCC will follow general direction and guidance provided by IHE on the Evaluation of Published Profiles in addition to what is stated on the PCC Profile Deprecation Process page, which includes the details of the deprecation process as defined by the PCC committee.

Deprecation is a mechanism used to notify the community of intended removal/deletion/dropping of a Profile, National Extension, or other artifact. In order to deprecate a profile, an assessment must be performed to determine the community impact of the deprecation. If this assessment is not performed then there could be negative impact, causing disruption in interoperability implementations as vendors, policy-makers, and other stakeholders may decide to cease support for a profile based on deprecation status.

Profiles/National Extensions in Intent to Deprecate/Deprecated Status

Add links below to pages for Profiles or National Extensions that are going through the Deprecation Process

• Transport Record Summary Profiles Deprecation - includes Emergency Department Transport Summary (ETS) and Interfacility Transport Summary (ITS) Profiles
• Guideline Appropriate Ordering (GAO)
• Patient Plan of Care (PPOC)
  • Did the profile address a real problem? Yes
  • Are the business case and technical solution valid? Yes, but... a newer solution exists.
  • Does PtPOC replace it? Somewhat. PtPOC covers the same concepts and adds detail.
  • Do we need to keep it around for a legacy reason? Not that we know of.
  • Tested once, at 1 Connectathon, with only 1 vendor as the content creator (e-MDS)
  • 3 integration statements, all content consumer - no creator
  • We are currently unaware of any users, however if we find some we can discuss whether the TI should move to Final Text.
  • No dependencies to or from other IHE profiles
  • How do we survey implementers? Gila to ask regional deployment committees and DCC to propagate the intent to deprecate.
  • If we do not hear any objections to deprecation before July, we will proceed with deprecation of PPOC.
• Electronic Nursing Summary (eNS)

eNursing summary is a collection of data that nurses typically document.

• • Did the profile address a real problem? Yes
  • Are the business case and technical solution valid? Yes.
  • Does a newer solution exist? Yes in cCDA but not in IHE.
  • Do we need to keep it around for a legacy reason? Not that we know of.
  • Connectathon testing: Only as a content consumer by 2 systems.
  • Integration statements: Only one, and it is a content consumer only.
  • Is the profile being replaced by a new profile? No.
  • Are there any dependencies to or from other profiles or standards? No.
  • ** How do we survey implementers? Gila to ask regional deployment committees and DCC to propagate the intent to deprecate.
  • If we do not hear any objections to deprecation before July, we will proceed with deprecation of eNS.