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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 ⇒
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Posted in CCD, EHR, EMR, Health care, Healthcare Integration, Healthcare Standards, Meaningful Use | View Comments
...onic Health Record (EHR) systems should be able to view and exchange a Continuity of Care Document (CCD). With this ruling, the CCD document has since become an accepted way to transfer health information among providers and with patients. The CCD is uniq... 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 ⇒
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 ⇒
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, July 23rd, 2008
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... – 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 ⇒
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Posted in CDA, EHR, Healthcare Integration, Healthcare Standards | View Comments
When the ONC released the Standards and Certification NPRM, the companion to the CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 NPRM, the new standard for the electronic transfer of Care Summary was defined as §170.205(a)(3) Consolidated CDA. CCD, along with CCR, was the st... Read entry ⇒
An instructor-led, web-based course that delivers an overview of HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) and the Continuity of Care Document (CCD). ... Read entry ⇒
