The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced an industry project to consolidate and harmonize health information exchange specifications to support meaningful use of electronic health record (EHR) systems.
The project, called the HL7/IHE Health Story Implementation Guide Consolidation Project, is a collaboration of Health Level Seven International, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), and the Health Story Project.
Working through the HL7 standards development organization, volunteers will consolidate exchange standards for eight common types of clinical documents, along with the HL7 Continuity of Care Document (CCD) standard, into one comprehensive implementation package that will establish a foundation for health information exchange, according to the ONC.
The ONC said that the project team aims to publish the consolidated package of standards in May.
