Retrieval for Clinical Knowledge
The Retrieval for Clinical Knowledge Profile describes how Health IT systems, Person Health Records, and HIEs can retrieve clinical knowledge on a topic suitable for presentation to a clinician or patient.
Summary
Each time an EHR or PHR wants to integrate with a new provider of clinical content, a new interface needs to be developed. The Retrieval for Clinical Knowledge (RCK) Profile provides a more complete implementation specification that will ensure that the same interface can be used across a wide variety of clinical content.
Benefits
This profile provides a consistent set of rules for issuing knowledge requests for information that is either patient-, clinician- or payer-oriented, and on how to return results so that EHRs and PHRs can process the results and display them in a uniform way.
Details
Systems Affected
- Health IT systems
- Personal Health Records
- Healthcare Information Exchange Systems
Actors & Transactions:
- Clinical Knowledge Directory
- Clinical Knowledge Requestor
- Clinical Knowledge Resource Repository
Specification
Profile Status: Trial Implementation
Documents:
IHE Patient Care Coordination Technical Framework:
Underlying Standards:
See Also
Related Profiles
Consumer Information
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Implementer Information
The Profile Implementation Template provides additional information about implementing this Profile in software. <Replace the link with a link to the actual Implementation page for the Profile>
Reference Articles
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