Engaging Conversations on Healthcare and Technology
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Posted in CCD, EHR, HIE | View Comments
Several questions can arise when considering whether to parse the data of a CCD document from a remote facility and merge it into the local EHR. HIEs are spurring increased emphasis on the use of CCD documents to exchange information among facilities, so... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Posted in CCD, EMR, Meaningful Use | View Comments
...ore than 11 times greater than the least wired.” In the chart, it shows the numbers: 53% of all surveyed cannot accept a CCD from a physician office EMR, while only 16% of the Most Wired 2009 cannot accept a CCD from a physician EMR. Going to the l... Read entry ⇒
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Posted in CCD, CCR, Meaningful Use | View Comments
...ns. We ran a poll asking “if you could just vote for one, which would it be?” The results are outlined below. For CCD: 70% For CCR: 30% We also wrote a post about Chilmark Research’s blog on the two patient care summary standards. Rec... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Posted in CCD, CCR, CDA, EHR, EMR, HL7 Standards | View Comments
The Continuity of Care Document (CCD) was approved earlier this week. The CCD is a collaborative effort between the HL7 standards and ASTM International organizations. To add to confusion, there are multiple standards for electronic patient record (EMR /... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Posted in CCD, CDA, HL7 Basics | View Comments
...ity of Care Record (CCR). In an effort to combine the two closely related formats, the Continuity of Care Document was created. CCD harmonizes the two separate standards by using CCR within the broader context of CDA. It shares summary information about t... Read entry ⇒
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Posted in CCD, CCR, Meaningful Use | View Comments
... It is your choice, but it will be “converged” later. “Converging” or “harmonizing” CCR and CCD is a good direction, as pointed out in a recent ZDNet healthcare blog post, yet too many options create hurdles which need ... Read entry ⇒
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Posted in CCD, CDA, HL7 Standards | View Comments
... – including orders, appointments, procedures, referrals and services. For additional information on getting started with CCD, please read the post on the quick start guide provided by EHRVA. ... Read entry ⇒
Monday, January 11th, 2010
Posted in CCD, Poll Results | View Comments
...lectronic records occurring across the healthcare landscape with 57% of respondents selecting, “We have plans to exchange CCDs electronically.” More telling, however, is that 78% indicated they either plan to, or are already exchanging CCDs el... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Posted in CCD, CCR | View Comments
There is an interesting blog post made by Chilmark Research, a healthcare industry analyst firm, which is very relevant to the current discussion on CCD (HL7 Continuity of Care Document) vs. CCR (Continuity of Care Record). Their post is entitled CCD Sta... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Posted in CCD, CCR, EHR, EMR | View Comments
...t between ASTM’s Continuity of Care Record (CCR) and HL7′s Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) specifications. The CCD will enable greater interoperability or healthcare integration of clinical data and “allow physicians to send electro... Read entry ⇒
