2009 TSC Product Visibility

2009 TSC Product Visibility

Project Objectives and Deliverables

1. Create workable definitions of HL7 PRODUCTS
   • Develop Product matrix for TSC review
   • Draft material for the Web Site on Products (definitions and descriptions)
     • start with 10-20 products
       • Concept of 'Featured' products
       • include ANSI - approved products
       • include DSTU
     • intended use
     • who are the intended customers,
     • who are the actual users,
     • what education is available.
     • Anticipate input from Education Committee, NHS Product Descriptions, WG having responsibility for product, and other sources
   • Evaluate future application of Products List to group by “Product Category”
     • Define purpose and maintenance of categories list.
   • Evaluate future reference by Product to:
     • Standards and artifacts (what makes up this product),
     • projects (searchable database),
     • work groups (who works on what product),
     • users (I am a ___, how do these products meet my needs?),
     • and other organizations’ standards (JIC).
2. Draft process for Governance of Products list: ongoing and annual review, maintenance, and endorsement of Product Definitions
   • New product request
   • Updates to products
   • Evaluate potential for expired products or standards
3. Evaluate perception of ‘visibility’ (using a survey, perhaps)
   • Can “users of the standards” find what HL7 Products are available?
   • Validate perception of “who are our customers”,
   • Are we getting the word out? (Genomics, ICSR, CDA [vs XDS], Services)
   • Are we able to track what is needed in the market?

Project Dependencies and Relationships

• Project Insight ID (PI ID) #404, also Roadmap Task #34: Document the various HL7 standards and their application to interoperability
• PI ID # 413, also Roadmap Task #48: Develop an updated HL7 Product Strategy
• PI ID # 412, also Roadmap Task #46: HL7 Standards and Implementation Guide Inventory Report
• PI ID # 439, also Roadmap Task #37: HL7 Website to list HL7 IGs, scope, language, Affiliate, link, etc.

Tentative Product List

Integration paradigm	Product	Summary
Health Information Exchange Standards- Messaging	V3 - Version 3 Normative Edition	Version 3 is HL7’s family of standards developed with a model-driven methodology. The release of HL7’s Version 3 Normative Edition marks a quantum leap in the functionality and interoperability of messaging standards. Version 3 is one of the first in the industry to embrace XML. Several countries throughout the world have already begun significant Version 3 implementations, including the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, Mexico, Germany and Croatia.
Modeling Standards	RIM	The Reference Information Model (RIM) is the cornerstone of the HL7 Version 3 development process. It is the combined consensus view of information from the perspective of the HL7 working group and the global HL7 affiliates. The RIM is the ultimate source from which all HL7 Version 3 protocol specification standards draw their information-related content.
Health Information Exchange Standards- Messaging	Clinical Genomics Pedigree Topic	The HL7 Clinical Genomics Pedigree Topic includes the Family History Model describing a patient’s pedigree with genomic data. It has the ability to transmit complete family history information for clinical decision support. This model is ANSI-approved and is the HITSP-accepted standard. This standard allows EHR/PHR interoperability, and is in use by the Surgeon General in his family history collection website: My Family Health Portrait. It is also in the process of becoming of an international standard through ISO.
Health Information Knowledge Representation Standards - Messaging	SPL	HL7 Version 3 Standard: Structured Product Labeling (SPL) defines the content of human prescription drug labeling in an XML format. This format is defined within the SPL schema and is displayed in a web browser using the SPL stylesheet. It is approved by Health Level Seven (HL7) and has been adopted by FDA as a mechanism for exchanging medication information. (from Wikipedia)
Health Information Knowledge Representation Standards	GELLO	HL7 Version 3 Standard: GELLO, A Common Expression Language is intended to be a standard query and expression language for decision support. GELLO is a class-based, object-oriented (OO) language that is built on existing standards. GELLO includes both query and expression sublanguages, which we refer to collectively as the GELLO language (for succinctness we will also refer to the two sublanguages simply as languages). GELLO is based on the Object Constraint Language (OCL), developed by the Object Management Group. Relevant components of OCL have been selected and integrated into the GELLO query and expression languages to provide a suitable framework for manipulation of clinical data for decision support in health care. The GELLO language can be used to: Build up queries to extract and manipulate data from medical records. Construct decision criteria by building up expressions to reason about particular data features/values. These criteria can be used in decision-support knowledge bases such as those designed to provide alerts and reminders, guidelines, or other decision rules. Create expressions, formulae, and queries for other applications.
Health Information Exchange Standards- Messaging	V2 Version 2 Messaging Standard	The Version 2 Messaging Standard is one of the most widely implemented standards for healthcare information in the world. First released in October 1987 as An Application Protocol for Electronic Data Exchange in Healthcare Environments, Version 2 is a messaging standard that allows the exchange of clinical data between systems. It is designed to support a central patient care system as well as a more distributed environment where data resides in departmental systems. Version 2.6, representing the latest update to the Version 2 Standard, was published in January 2008. Version 2.7 is in the final stages of balloting and is expected to be released later this year.
Health Information Exchange Standards- Messaging	XML Encoding Syntax for Version 2	HL7 Version 2 XML Encoding Syntax was approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as an American National Standard in June 2003. This specification, informally known as HL7 V2.xml, defines the Extensible Markup Language (XML) encoding rules for traditional HL7 Version 2 message content. It primarily addresses the expression of HL7 Version 2 messages in XML as an alternative to the traditional “vertical bar” encoding, and describes the underlying rules and principles. XML schema definitions are provided for all Version 2 message types, including the corresponding data type descriptions necessary for this specification. Due to their greater expressiveness, schemas are the preferred way to describe a set of constraints on message instances. Document Type Definitions (DTDs) are also provided as an informative appendix.
Health Information Exchange Standards- Documents	CDA	The Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) is a specification for the exchange of electronic clinical documents. It can contain coded data and narrative and is compatible with the electronic health record and document management systems. CDA is at the core of virtually all standards-based exchange networks in the US and abroad and is adaptable for dictated notes and highly-structured public health and quality reporting.
Health Information Exchange Standards- Documents	CCD	HL7 and ASTM International created the Continuity of Care Document (CCD) to integrate two complementary healthcare data specifications ASTM’s Continuity of Care Record (CCR) and HL7’s Clinical Document Architecture (CDA). The CCD is endorsed by the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) as the harmonized format for the exchange of clinical information, including patient demographics, medications and allergies.
Application Functional Specifications	EHR FM	The healthcare industry will reap tremendous benefits by adopting a common standard for electronic health record systems (EHR-S). The HL7 EHR-S Functional Model outlines important features and functions that should be contained in an EHR system. Through the creation of functional profiles, this model provides a standard description and common understanding of functions for healthcare settings. To date, HL7 has developed or is developing profiles for areas such as child health, emergency care, long term care, behavioral health and vital statistic reporting. The EHR-S Functional Model is also in the final stages of vetting as an international standard through ISO.
Application Functional Specifications	PHR-S FM - Personal Health Record System Functional Model	The PHR-S FM defines the set of functions for Personal Health Record (PHR) systems and offers guidelines that facilitate health information exchange among different PHR systems and between PHR and Electronic Health Record systems. The PHR-S FM is was published as a Draft Standard for Trial Use (DSTU) in December 2008. During the period of trial use, consumers can begin requesting standards-based functionality when they select PHR systems for their use, vendors can begin incorporating the model’s requirements into their products and organizations that certify PHR systems can begin using the model’s conformance criteria for certification development and testing purposes. Groups such as the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have already begun using components of the PHR-S FM
Health Information Exchange Standards- Messaging	Claims Attachments	In response to the federal mandate under HIPAA, HL7 and ASCX12 collaborated for a number of years to develop standards for claims attachments. This joint development effort has resulted in standards for attachments to healthcare claims, and pre-certification / pre-authorization transactions. HL7 attachments standards are based on the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) and have been proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as the standard for claims attachments under HIPAA. In the HHS proposal, six attachment types developed by HL7 have been put forward for adoption: clinical reports; rehabilitation services; laboratory results; medications; ambulance services; and emergency department.	HIMSS 2009 presentation on WPS case study
Health Information Knowledge Representation Standards	Arden Syntax	The Arden Syntax for Medical Logic Modules (MLMs) is a language for representing and sharing medical knowledge among personnel, information systems and institutions.
Health Information Exchange Standards - Visual Integration Messages	CCOW – Clinical Context Management Specification	Aimed at facilitating the integration of applications at the point of use, the Clinical Context Management Specification (CCOW) is an end-user-focused standard that complements HL7's traditional emphasis on data interchange and enterprise workflow, by synchronizing and coordinating applications so that they automatically follow the user's context.
Modeling Standards - V3 Foundational Vocabulary Domains	CTS Common Terminology Services	The HL7 Common Terminology Services (HL7 CTS) defines an Application Programming Interface (API) that can be used by HL7 Version 3 software when accessing terminological content.
Messaging, Documents, Services (SOA)	SAEAF	The HL7 SOA-Aware Enterprise Architecture provides a framework for specification of standardized services that can be used by the HL7 community. It identifies artifacts and a constraint pattern that provides traceability from requirements. These specifications align with different levels of conformance that aid HL7 consumers in adopting standards in different contexts, and supports specific integration patterns between collaborators as they seek to achieve computable semantic interoperability.
Services (SOA)	Practical Guide for SOA in Healthcare	The Practical Guide for SOA in Healthcare is an informative document that was produced jointly by the HL7 SOA Working Group in collaboration with the OMG Healthcare Domain Task Force under the auspices of the Healthcare Services Specification Project (HSSP). The Practical Guide was created to help assist organizations that are either considering or are doing projects involving SOA to make effective decisions and to understand how SOA might fit into their organizational landscape. Many people find that it difficult to determine “how to get started” and lack an approach for doing so— a void this document is hoping to address.
Application Functional Specifications - Services (SOA)	Entity Identification Service Functional Model (EIS SFM)	The Entity Identification Service Functional Model (EIS SFM) Draft Standard for Trial Use (DSTU) is a draft functional standard defining the functions, responsibilities, inputs, outputs, and expected behavior of a system component for managing identities, such as would be used in a Master Patient Index (MPI). Not limited to use for Patients, the EIS SFM can be equally applied to manage identities for staff, providers, facilities, or any other “entities” needing identity management. The EIS SFM is among the first healthcare standards targeted to support a service-oriented architecture (SOA), and is at the basis for an unprecedented collaboration with the Object Management Group (OMG) whom has adopted a technical specification complementing this SFM.
Application Functional Specifications - Services (SOA)	Retrieve, Locate, Update Service Functional Model (RLUS SFM)	The Retrieve, Locate, Update Service Functional Model (RLUS SFM) Draft Standard for Trial Use (DSTU) is a draft functional standard defining the functions, responsibilities, inputs, outputs, and expected behavior of a system component capable of querying information and returning data and metadata between systems. Although fairly abstract in nature, RLUS is actually very simple to understand—it provides a generic query and retrieval mechanism that can be used for a multitude of information content via a standard access mechanism, promoting consistency within a heterogeneous environment.
Application Functional Specifications- Services (SOA)	Decision Support Service Functional Model (DSS SFM)	The Decision Support Service Functional Model (DSS SFM) Draft Standard for Trial Use (DSTU) is a draft functional standard defining the functions, responsibilities, inputs, outputs, and expected behavior of a system component for evaluating patient data to reach patient-specific conclusions. A DSS, for example, can evaluate a patient’s health summary as encoded in a Continuity of Care Document (CCD) and provide structured recommendations regarding the patient’s health maintenance and chronic disease management needs. The DSS SFM is among the first healthcare standards targeted to support a service-oriented architecture (SOA), and is at the basis for an unprecedented collaboration with the Object Management Group (OMG), which has adopted a technical specification complementing this SFM.