Introduction to Consolidated CDA®
Faculty
Keith Boone, HL7 Board Member; Standards Geek, GE Medical Systems
Description
The HL7 Consolidated CDA® (C-CDA) is a standard that reconciled and
consolidated nine different healthcare exchange documents into a single
template library. The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) named the
Consolidated Templates Draft Standard for Trial Use (DSTU) in
Meaningful Use Stage 2. This tutorial presents the background and
provides practical advice for implementing C-CDA.
Intended Audience
This Tutorial Will Benefit
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New implementers
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Standards developers
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Policy makers
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this tutorial, students will be able to:
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Navigate the Consolidated CDA standard
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Explain template CDA and how it streamlines development
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Locate additional C-CDA requirements to Meaningful Use Stage 2
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Use online validators to build conformant documents
Prerequisites