2017 Standards Summer School:

Introduction/Advanced Clinical Document Architecture

Faculty

Jean Duteau: Co-Chair, HL7 Modeling & Methodology Work Group; Director, Duteau Design Inc.

DESCRIPTION

Introduction to Clinical Document Architecture

The Clinical Document Architecture (CDA®) is HL7’s specification for standards-based exchange of clinical documents. CDA is based on the concept of scalable, incremental interoperability and uses Extensible Markup Language (SML), the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM), and controlled terminology for structure and semantics. This tutorial presents the business case for CDA, its primary design principles, and an overview of the technical specification.
THIS TUTORIAL WILL BENEFIT:

• New implementers, standards developers and policy makers

UPON COMPLETION OF THIS TUTORIAL, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Describe the history and core principles of CDA design
• Explain the core structures of CDA and where they are appropriately used
• Comprehend the CDA standard and existing CDA implementation guides

PREREQUISITES:
Recommended Introduction to Version 3 (Part 1)

Clinical Document Architecture: Advanced

DESCRIPTION

CDA implementation requires understanding of the CDA refinement of the RIM (the CDA RMIM), the Version 3 data types and how these combine with controlled vocabularies to form “clinical statements.” This tutorial reviews the principles of semantic interoperability with CDA and how these are reflected in the CDA model and implemented in the CDA schema. It reviews the CDA RMIM, schema and data types. In addition, the tutorial gives a detailed walkthrough of samples of CDA documents, coded using clinical statements.
THIS TUTORIAL WILL BENEFIT:

• Those needing to learn more about CDA, Release 2 – its derivation from the RIM and issues relevant to implementing CDA 2.0 solutions.
• Implementers needing to work with CDA, and wanting a review of the details.

UPON COMPLETION OF THIS TUTORIAL, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Describe CDA’s components
• Share insights into the XML markup required to implement solutions
• Describe the issues surrounding semantic interoperability using CDA

PREREQUISITES

• Completion of the CDA Introductory Tutorial recommended, but not required
• Basic knowledge of the V3 standards (as can be obtained from the Introduction to V3 tutorial)