Presenter: Hans Buitendijk, M.Sc., FHL7 Co-Chair, HL7 Clinical Statement; Co-Chair, HL7 Orders and Observations; HS Standards & Regulations Manager, Siemens Healthcare

This webinar will provide a background on the development and need for the Laboratory Results Interface (LRI) Implementation Guide (IG), which was included in the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Standards and Certification Criteria for 2014. The LRI Implementation Guide is based on HL7's Version 2.5.1 and provides guidance for electronic reporting of laboratory test to ambulatory care providers in the U.S. This guide was developed within the S&I Framework supported by the Office of the National Coordinator of Healthcare Information Technology (ONC) and balloted through HL7. This session will give an explanation of why the guide is important, its benefits, and how it can handle multiple settings of the EHR from Ambulatory, Acute Care and Public Health through the use of profiles. The LRI IG uses profiles to further refine the IG. The refinement can occur through the use of identifers, fields or other critical items that help define the information necessary to support the EHR and the Laboratory based on business requirements and the healthcare setting. In addition, this flexibility allows implementers to expand their use of the guide as they gain more functionality in their systems through the selection of more complex profiles.

Audience & Benefits
Implementers of exchange or data collection between EHR and Laboratory Systems in different settings

Objectives
Upon completion of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

• List the core data elements of laboratory information that should be supported
• Discuss use cases supported by the profiles in the implementation guide
• Conform to the usage guidance in the profiles
• Describe the differences between this guide and previous implementation guides that have been in use
• Validate conformance of messages to the profiles

Requirements Addressed
Quality Measures: §170.314(b)(5)