This year marks 20 years since the 1994 invention of the World Wide Web. The Internet had been around for years for more obscure purposes, but Web servers and browsers brought a user-friendly face to the masses.
Sharing files quickly became practical and routine. When we think about how we use our computers and portable devices today, it is hard to remember how we lived before universal sharing of pictures, documents and more.
Enter Health IT. Despite the seemingly unlimited investments and expenditures, it is difficult to believe how challenging and impractical it remains to share electronic medical records (EMR). And, it isn’t due to security issues.
Sharing files quickly became practical and routine. When we think about how we use our computers and portable devices today, it is hard to remember how we lived before universal sharing of pictures, documents and more.
Enter Health IT. Despite the seemingly unlimited investments and expenditures, it is difficult to believe how challenging and impractical it remains to share electronic medical records (EMR). And, it isn’t due to security issues.
The primary cause has been the proprietary uniqueness of the various EMR programs.
Consolidated CDA makes that sharing possible.
The Health Story Project formed circa 2007 to bridge the gap between the narrative records of the past and the highly structured records of the emerging EMR era. The result was a collection of document formats known as Consolidated CDA. C-CDA was codified in Meaningful Use Stage 2 Rules (MU2) such that all MU2-certified EMRs are required to be able to send and receive documents of this format.
For the first time ever, EMRs will be required to exchange records with one another. Consolidated CDA - finally a regulation that will make the clinician’s life easier.
Nick will present on the Health Story Project and how interoperability can improve patient care at the MGMA St. Louis luncheon on July 9, 2014. Click here to learn more about this event or register to attend.
