For Immediate Release
HIMSS11: HEALTH STORY MEMBERS ACTIVE IN INTEROPERABILITY SHOWCASE
February 4, 2011 -- The Health Story Project is participating in the interoperability showcase at HIMSS11 again this year. HL7 Chair, Bob Dolin, MD, will present on the project at the showcase theatre on Wednesday, February 23 at 11:45 a.m. The presentation, "Exchange Basic Records and Meet Early Meaningful Use Requirements" provides an overview of how existing data standards can unlock important patient information from clinical documents for exchange with electronic medical records.
Over two dozen project volunteers will be on hand at the Health Story organization kiosk in the interoperability showcase to provide information. And several project members will demonstrate information exchange using Health Story-supported standards.
About Health Story
The Health Story Project was founded a little over three years ago by the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI), the Medical Transcription Industry Association (MTIA), the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), Lantana Consulting Group and M*Modal. It is now a collaborative of twenty-five healthcare vendors, providers and associations. Health Story develops HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) Implementation Guides for common types of electronic healthcare documents, brings them through the HL7 ballot process and promotes their adoption within the industry. Over the previous two years, the initiative supported the development of five technical implementation guides for standard electronic documents, including the Consultation Note, History and Physical, Operative Note, Discharge Summary and Diagnostic Imaging Report. Work is currently underway within HL7 to produce standards for a Procedure Note using endoscopy report as an example and CDA for Unstructured Documents.
The Health Story Project's five-year plan includes ramping up development of implementation guides for additional types of clinical documents and promoting their adoption within industry. Members are also working to influence policy decisions that would provide incentives for those who take the Health Story approach toward enhancing their EHR systems with information from narrated notes – providing patients with comprehensive electronic records that offer a complete health story.
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For more information contact:
Joy Kuhl
The Health Story Project
joy@optimalaccords.com
