ISO/TR 12773-2:2009

TECHNICAL ISO/TR
REPORT 12773-2
First edition
2009-06-01
Business requirements for health
summary records —
Part 2:
Environmental scan
Exigences d'affaire pour les enregistrements de santé sommaires —
Partie 2: Balayage environnemental

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Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope . 1
2 Terms and definitions. 1
3 Initiatives reviewed. 7
4 Key findings . 19
5 Summary of initiatives. 19
5.1 Overview . 19
5.2 National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) (Australia) – Clinical data specifications
and content specifications . 20
5.3 COMPETE (Computerization of Medical Practices for the Enhancement of Therapeutic
Effectiveness) – Ontario, Canada. 22
5.4 Core dataset — Ontario Clinical Management System (sponsored by OntarioMD), Ontario,
Canada . 23
5.5 Electronic medical summary (e-MS) — British Columbia (BC), Canada. 24
5.6 Medical Summary for Transfer of Patient Data – Physician Office System Program (POSP),
Alberta, CA . 25
5.7 Report on the State of Developing Electronic Patient Summaries in European Union
Member States and Beyond (2007) . 26
5.8 ISO 21549-3:2004 Health informatics — Patient healthcard data — Part 3: Limited clinical
data. 26
5.9 NHS England . 28
5.10 NHS Scotland – Emergency care summary (ECS) . 31
5.11 NHS Wales – Individual health record . 31
5.12 Care record summary – Implementation guide for HL7 CDA Release 2 – Levels 1 and 2
(US Realm). 32
5.13 Continuity of care record E2369 – Specification – ASTM. 33
5.14 Continuity of care document (CCD) – HL7/ASTM. 35
5.15 Medical Summary Integration Profile and Medical Summary Content Specification IHE —
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise. 35
5.16 VistA — United States Veterans’ Health Administration . 36
6 Sample health summary records — overview of data groups, specifications for structure,
content as applicable . 37
6.1 Australia — National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) . 37
6.2 Canada — Core Dataset — OntarioMD. 37
6.3 Canada — Medical Summary for Transfer of Patient Data (Alberta) . 37
6.4 Canada — Electronic medical summary (British Columbia). 38
6.5 United States — ASTM Continuity of Care Record . 38
6.6 United States — IHE Content Profiles . 39
6.7 United States — HL7 CDA Care Record Summary Implementation Guide Levels 1 and 2
2006 — Required and optional sections of a CRS (US Realm) . 40
6.8 United States — Personal Health Record — Minimum Common Dataset — AHIMA. 41
6.9 ISO 21549-3, Health informatics — Patient healthcard data — Part 3: Limited clinical data. 42
6.10 NHS UK — Scotland – Emergency Care Summary (ECS) . 43
Acronym index . 44
Bibliography . 45

Foreword
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ISO/TR 12773-2 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 215, Health informatics.
ISO/TR 12773 consists of the following parts, under the general title Business requirements for health
summary records:
⎯ Part 1: Requirements
⎯ Part 2: Environmental Scan
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Introduction
Consumer, clinician, industry and government demands for improved safety, quality, effectiveness and
efficiency in healthcare are driving the need for more “connected” care, which in turn requires improved
communication of clinical information between multiple providers and subjects of care. Internationally, various
“summary” or “snapshot” health records have been developed to meet these communication needs. Many
similarities are evident in these initiatives, but their conceptual foundations have not always been articulated
with a set of business requirements as their starting point.
The purpose of this part of ISO/TR 12773 is to identify the common business requirements these initiatives
are seeking to address as well as the requirements for standards for health summary records (HSRs) that can
guide future HSR development efforts.
Any future ISO initiative to create standards for a generic HSR specification or specifications for one or more
types of HSR will leverage existing initiatives and adopt/adapt relevant standards utilized therein. Such HSR
specifications are unlikely to require new standards, given that much of their content is deemed “common”,
“core”, “essential” or “emergency” in nature and is therefore part of most EHR initiatives world-wide as
evidenced in this part of ISO/TR 12773.

TECHNICAL REPORT ISO/TR 12773-2:2009(E)

Business requirements for health summary records —
Part 2:
Environmental scan
1 Scope
This part of ISO/TR 12773 reviews a series of initiatives and implementations worldwide that for purposes of
this Technical Report are collectively called health summary records (HSRs). It provides an environmental
scan and descriptive information on HSR initiatives internationally, including “lessons learned”.
The environmental scan was completed by performing web searches and obtaining publicly available
documentation on key projects. Project sponsors and/or authorities were contacted as needed to gather
additional information and clarify questions and issues arising out of the review.
2 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
2.1
agent
person, device or software that performs a role in a healthcare activity
2.2
client
patient
individual who is a subject of care
[ISO/TR 20514:2005, definition 2.30]
NOTE The terms “client” and “patient” are synonymous but the usage of one or the other of these terms tends to
differ between different groups of health professionals. Clinicians working in a hospital setting and medical practitioners in
most clinical settings will use the term “patient” whereas allied health professionals may use the term “client”.
2.3
clinical information
information about a person, relevant to his or her health or healthcare
[ISO 13606-1:2008, defintion 3.13]
2.4
clinician
health professional who delivers health services directly to a patient/client
[ISO/TR 20514:2005, definition 2.6]
2.5
consumer
individual who may become a subject of care
[ISO/TS 20514:2005, definition 2.9]
2.6
data object
collection of data that has a natural grouping and may be identified as a complete entity
2.7
electronic health record
EHR
〈basic generic form〉 repository of information regarding the health status of a subject of care, in computer
processable form
[ISO/TR 20514:2005, definition 2.11]
2.8
electronic health record composition
EHR composition
set of information committed to one EHR by one agent, as a result of a single clinical encounter or record
documentation
EXAMPLES Progress Note, radiology report, referral letter, clinic visit record, discharge summary, functional health
assessment, diabetes review.
2.9
electronic health record extract
EHR extract
a) unit of communication of the EHR which is itself attestable and which consists of one or more EHR
compositions
[ISO/TR 20514:2005, definition 2.13]
b) part or all of the electronic health record of a subject of care communicated between an EHR provider
system and an EHR recipient
NOTE Adapted from ISO 13606-1:2008.
2.10
electronic health record (EHR) — integrated care (ICEHR)
repository of information regarding the health status of a subject of care in computer processable form, stored
and transmitted securely, and accessible by multiple authorized users and having a standardized or
commonly agreed logical information model that is independent of EHR systems and whose primary purpose
is the support of continuing, efficient and quality integrated healthcare and which contains information that is
retrospective, concurrent and prospective
NOTE 1 Adapted from ISO/TR 20514:2005.
NOTE 2 The definition of the EHR for integrated care should be considered the primary definition of an electronic
health record. The definition of a basic-generic EHR is given only for completeness.
2.11
electronic health record repository
database in which electronic health record information is persisted
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2.12
electronic health record — shareable
EHR — shareable
electronic health record with a standardized information model, which is independent of electronic health
record systems and accessible by multiple authorized users
NOTE 1 The shareable EHR per se is an artefact between a basic-generic EHR and the integrated care EHR (ICEHR)
which is a specialization of the shareable EHR. The shareable EHR is probably of little use without the additional clinical
characteristics that are necessary for its effective use in an integrated care setting.
NOTE 2 Whilst the ICEHR is the target for interoperability of patient health information and optimal patient care, it
should be noted that the large majority of EHRs in use at present are not even shareable let alone have the additional
characteristics required to comply with the definition of an integrated care EHR. A definition of a basic-generic EHR has
therefore been included to acknowledge this current reality.
2.13
electronic health record system
EHR system
system for recording, retrieving and manipulating information in electronic health records
[ISO 13606-1:2008, definition 3.26]
2.14
health
state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
[WHO: 1948]
2.15
healthcare
activities, services, or supplies related to the health of an individual
[ISO 18308:—, definition 3.28]
2.16
healthcare activity
undertakings (assessments, interventions) that comprise a healthcare service
2.17
healthcare organization
organization involved in the direct or indirect provision of healthcare services to an individual or to a population
[ISO/EN 13606-1:2008]
2.18
healthcare service
service provided with the intention of directly or indirectly improving the health of the person or populations to
whom it is provided
[ISO/EN 13606-1:2008]
2.19
health condition
a) aspect of a person or group’s health that requires some form of intervention
[Canada Health Infoway EHRS Blueprint v1.0: 2003]
NOTE These interventions could be anticipatory or prospective, such as enhancing wellness, wellness
promotion or illness prevention (e.g. immunization).
b) symptoms, health problems (not yet diagnosed), diagnoses (known or provisional), e.g. diabetes,
physiological changes that affect the body as a whole or one or more of its parts, e.g. benign positional
vertigo and/or affect the person’s well-being, e.g. psychosis, and/or affect the person’s usual physiological
state, e.g. pregnancy, lactation
[Canada Health Infoway, iEHR Clinical Standards Glossary 2007]
2.20
health information
see clinical information (2.3)
2.21
health problem
see health condition (2.19); see problem (2.34)
2.22
health professional
person who is authorized by a recognised body to directly provide certain healthcare services
NOTE Adapted from ISO/TR 20514:2005 and EN 13940-1:2007.
2.23
health record
repository of information regarding the health of a subject of care
[ISO/TR 20514: 2005, definition 2.25]
2.24
health record extract
attestable unit of communication of all or part of a health record.
2.25
health summary record
health record extract comprising a standardized collection of clinical and contextual information (retrospective,
concurrent, prospective) that provides a snapshot in time of a subject of care’s health information and
healthcare
2.26
HL7 Clinical Document Architecture
CDA
documentation that defines structure and semantics of medical documents for the purpose of exchange
NOTE CDA documents are encoded in Extensible Mark-up Language (XML). They derive their meaning from the
HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM) and use the HL7 Version 3 Data Types, which are part of the HL7 RIM.
[HL7 International- HL7 CDA Release 2.0]
2.27
integrated care electronic health record (EHR) (ICEHR)
see electronic health record (EHR) — for integrated care (ICEHR) (2.10)
2.28
metadata
a) information stored in a data dictionary that describes the content of a document
[ISO/TR 22221:2006; defintion 2.10]
NOTE Metadata can include data structure, constraints, types, formats, authorizations, privileges, relationships,
distinct values, value frequencies, keywords, and users of the database sources loaded in the EHR repository and the
EHR repository itself. Metadata facilitates information management for users, developers and administrators.
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b) data that define object class and property for the information collected
[ISO 13606-1:2008, definition 3.37]
2.29
organization
unique framework of authority within which a person or persons act, or are designated to act towards some
purpose
[ISO 6523-1:1998, definition 3.1]
2.30
personal health record
PHR
electronic, universally available, lifelong resource of health information needed by individuals to make health
decisions
NOTE Individuals own and manage the information in the PHR, which comes from healthcare providers and the
individual. The PHR is maintained in a secure and private environment, with the individual determining rights of access.
The PHR is separate from and does not replace the legal record of any provider
[AHIMA E-HIM PHR Work Group 2005]
2.31
physician
health professional who has successfully completed the prescribed course of studies in medicine in a
recognised medical school and who has met the qualifications for licensure In the practice of medicine set by
the state or country in which they are practicing
2.32
practice electronic health record (EHR) system
EHR system that a clinician or group of clinicians uses to document the care provided to a subject of care in
their healthcare organization
NOTE In primary and ambulatory care settings, the practice EHR is usually referred to as an electronic medical
record (EMR). In acute care settings such as hospitals, it is commonly referred to as an electronic patient record (EPR). In
community care settings including home care settings, it may be referred to as an electronic client record (ECR) or an
EPR.
2.33
primary care
overall management of a subject of care’s health problems, including direct delivery of care as well as
coordinating care to specialists and other providers in a gatekeeper system, i.e. a system where the primary
care provider acts on behalf of their patients to manage and prioritize access to required healthcare services
NOTE Adapted from Canada Health Infoway iEHR Clinical Standards Glossary 2007.
2.34
problem
entity for which an assessment is made and a plan or intervention is initiated
[NZ EMR:1998]
NOTE The term “issue” is often used rather than “problem” by many allied health professions, especially in the more
social/psychological disciplines. The term “condition” is also sometimes used to describe pregnancy and other non-
disease health states which nevertheless usually involve interaction with a health system.
2.35
provider
person or organization involved in or associated with the delivery of healthcare to a subject of care, or caring
for the wellbeing of a subject of care
2.36
records
information created, received, and maintained as evidence and information by an organization or person, in
pursuance of legal obligations or in the transaction of business
[ISO 15489-1:2001, definition 3.15]
2.37
referral
practice of a provider sending a subject of care to receive healthcare services or a clinical opinion from
another provider when the sending provider is not qualified or prepared to offer such services or opinion
NOTE 1 Adapted from Canada Health Infoway iEHR Standards Glossary 2007.
NOTE 2 A referral letter is a clinical document that accompanies the referral request. It contains the reason for the
referral and includes details of the subject’s health condition(s) and other additional health information relevant to the
referral, as well as a date and the authentication of the referring provider.
2.38
secondary use
〈of a healthcare record〉 any legitimate use of a healthcare record other than for the purpose of supporting the
direct delivery of healthcare services to the subject of care
EXAMPLES Medico-legal, quality management, clinical research, epidemiology, population health, health
administration, financial, educational or health service planning purposes.
2.39
security
combination of confidentiality, integrity and availability
2.40
service
number of processes, involving an organization in the provision of specific objectives
[ISO 12967-1:—, definition 3.4.7]
2.41
shareable EHR
see electronic health record — shareable (2.12)
2.42
shared EHR
see electronic health record — shareable (2.12)
2.43
specialist
〈physician〉 whose practice is limited to a particular area of medicine in which the physician is usually certified
by a recognized board or college of physicians
2.44
standard
document, established by consensus and approved by a recognised body that provides, for common and
repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at achievement of the
optimum degree of order in a given context
[ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004, definition 3.2]
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2.45
subject of care
one or more persons scheduled to receive, receiving, or having received healthcare
NOTE 1 Adapted from ISO 13606-1: 2008.
NOTE 2 The terms “patient” and “client” are synonymous with subject of care in a health record context and are
commonly used instead of the more formal term “subject of care”.
NOTE 3 The term “consumer” is also often used as a synonym in this context. However, it should be noted that a
consumer may not necessarily be a subject of care since it can be argued that it is possible for a consumer to have a
health record without ever having received a healthcare service.
3 Initiatives reviewed
Table 1 lists the initiatives that were reviewed as part of the environmental scan, along with relevant
information regarding the lead for the initiative, web links and key characteristics. Initiatives are listed in
alphabetical order by country and additional analysis information has been added via a column on the far right
in the table. Because of the diversity and number of initiatives identified, detailed comparisons were not
undertaken beyond summarizing key findings in Clause 4, from which the business requirements in
ISO/TR 12773-1 were largely derived.
Details of well-known/publicized initiatives have been included in Clause 5.

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Table 1 — HSR Environmental scan — Summary
Country Initiative Lead Link(s) Key Characteristics
Australia National ehealth Data and National E-Health Transition http://www.nehta.gov.au - NEHTA Standards and specifications include detailed
Content Specifications Authority (NEHTA) specifications for high priority clinical data groups and
http://www.nehta.gov.au/index.php?o
the structured content of clinical communications.
ption=com_content&task=view&id=2
35&Itemid=454 The standardized data specifications can be used to
construct various types of care summary records.
National E-Health Data Group Library
Content specifications have been developed for
http://www.nehta.gov.au/index.php?o
Discharge Summary and GP to Specialist/Acute Care
ption=com_content&task=view&id=1
Referral.
39&Itemid=383
Standards Catalogue
Asia - Korea Standard Chief Complaint Set Ho Jun Chin et al; http://kosmi.snubi.org/2003_fall/main. CDA documents are used for discharge summaries
Created from Discharge html — October 22, 2006 — Oral 6 and for creation of a standard chief complaint set in
Department of Internal
Summary, Applicable to EMR: session Korea.
Medicine & Department of
Short Term Experience in
Pediatrics
Seoul National University
Bundang Hospital
Seoul National University
College of Medicine
Seoul, Korea
Table 1 (continued)
Country Initiative Lead Link(s) Key Characteristics
Canada – Clinical Profile Canada Health Infoway http://www.infoway- A Clinical Profile is a key component of Infoway’s pan-
Canada inforoute.ca/en/home/home.aspx - Canadian HL7v3 messaging standards for sharing
Health Home clinical information in the context of a shared EHR.
Infoway
http://knowledge.infoway- Profile is generated based on a query to a shared EHR
inforoute.ca/en/ - Knowledgeway repository for all relevant data on a given patient. Data
returned is determined by the query parameters.
http://forums.infoway-
inforoute.ca/webx?14@894.p5spaPo
fd94.48@.eeda7b9 – Pan-Canadian
Standards Forum
or
http://forums.infoway-
inforoute.ca/webx?14@128.CMb6ali
dh2K.29@.eeda7b9 – Standards
Collaborative Working Group 2
Forum
See files on either of above sites:
⎯ Message Definition Worksheet;
Scope & Package Tracking
Framework & Word views of
message models
Canada – Physician Office System Alberta Health & Wellness http://www.health.alberta.ca Point-to-point sharing
Alberta Program Medical Summary for (Alberta Health Ministry) –
http://www.health.alberta.ca/about/HI Scope restricted to permanent transfer of patient
Transfer of Patient Data Alberta Health Information
SCA_standards.html - look under records between physicians or from one EMR vendor
Standards Committee
Physician Office System system to a different one
http://www.health.alberta.ca/about/HI Draft specification released July 2005
SCA_POSP_xferPatData.pdf
Leverages British Columbia and Ontario initiatives (as
listed in this table)
Canada – Electronic Medical Summary British Columbia Ministry of Vancouver Island Health Authority, Point-to-point primary care physician information
(e-MS) Health eMS Project BC sharing
British
Columbia http://www.e-ms.ca/ Component (planned) of a provincial (shared) EHR
Detailed specification based on HL7 CDA; HL7 v3
messages – all artefacts posted on the website

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Table 1 (continued)
Country Initiative Lead Link(s) Key Characteristics
Canada – Electronic Medical Summary Protti, DJ http://www.uvic.ca/ - School of Health The report reviewed initiatives implemented or
British (e-MS): lessons learned from Information Sciences, University of underway in other Canadian jurisdictions (primarily
2004 June 16
Columbia other jurisdictions. Victoria, BC Alberta and Ontario) as well as internationally. The
analysis also included a survey of 35 individuals,
Victoria BC (CA): Vancouver
primarily BC physicians, soliciting their views on critical
Island Health Authority.
success factors for the electronic exchange of patient
summary information between providers and across
healthcare sectors.
Some of the key findings have been incorporated into
Clause 5 of this Technical Report.
Canada - Ontario Clinical Management OntarioMD (under the http://www.ontariomd.ca Point-to-point sharing
Ontario System Core Dataset auspices of the Ontario
click on CMS Standards link A core dataset (CDS) that can be used to enable the
Medical Association)
export and import of all administrative and clinical
http://www.cred.ca/skmt/docs/attach
information needed to provide continuity of patient care
ments/357/CMS%20Specificationv2
when primary care physicians switch from one EMR
%200%20April%2016%202007.pdf
vendor system to a different EMR vendor system.
⎯ Clinical Management System
The CDS is approved for use as a data export and
specification April 2007,
import mapping schema from one EMR system to
includes Core Dataset
another.
http://www.skmtportal.cred.ca/search.
The CDS data groups include:
aspx?artid=357
⎯ family history, past health history; problem list,
risk factors, allergies & adverse reactions,
medications, immunizations, lab results, other
treatments and reports.
Table 1 (continued)
Country Initiative Lead Link(s) Key Characteristics
Canada - COMPETE Project – Anne Holbrook MSc, http://www.compete-study.com COMPETE I Core Data Set implemented based on
Ontario Computerization of Medical MD, PharmD, FRCP(C), Ministry of Health’s Core Data Set and Ontario Smart
Practices for the Enhancement FISPE Principle Investigator Systems for Health Agency Ontario Health Profile
of Therapeutic Effectiveness E-mail:
COMPETE II Extended the Core Data Set to include
holbrook@mcmaster.ca
chronic disease management tracking data
COMPETE III Utilized the HL7v3 messages developed
by the British Columbia e-MS project (see e-MS
reference in this table)
Context for studies: shared EHR and chronic disease
management. Use of EMRs and clinical decision
support tools in primary care as well as diabetes and
vascular disease tracking systems.
Europe – EU Report – State of Developing EU Commission eHealth http://www.ehealthnews.eu/content/vi The EC report analyzes the current state of developing
Commission Electronic Patient Summaries Action Plan eHealth ew/605/62/ electronic patient summaries in European Union
in European Union Member Stakeholder Group Member States and beyond. It highlights the benefits of
- European eHealth News Portal
States and Beyond (2007) such summaries and also the difficulties that need to

be overcome to make use of patient summaries in
different countries.
Europe - EHR Strategy Finland 2005 Finland Ministry of Social http://www.calrhio.org/crweb- Intend to create a common minimum dataset to be
Finland Affairs and Health files/docs-hie/Helsinki%20Univ%20- shared by all practitioners in healthcare
%20EHR%20Strategy%20Finland%2
Structured Data to include information that has the
02005.pdf
most significance in making decisions about
http://b2cpro.vtt.fi/documents/usa/200 treatments:
7-03-mayo-vesa.pdf - Interoperability
Patient and Provider ID
in Finland – a review of past, present
time and future – Dr. Vesa
Episode and chain codes
Pakarinen, Mayo Clinic Presentation
Risk information, e.g. smoking
– March 9, 2007
Diagnosis codes
http://www.stm.fi/Resource.phx/publis
hing/documents/10546/index.htx
Procedure codes
– Finland eHealth Roadmap
Tests (Lab & Imaging)
Medications
Plus links to free text.
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Table 1 (continued)
Country Initiative Lead Link(s) Key Characteristics
Europe - Introduction of the Clinical German health ministry in http://sciphox.hl7.de/ Nationwide German Project – 2 phases:
Germany Document Architecture Release collaboration with HL7
http://ihic.hl7.de/proceedings/C1- Phase 1 - Standardization of Communication between
2 in Germany- the Sciphox Germany
KH.pdf - Dr. Kai U. Heitmann Information Systems in Physician Offices and Hospitals
experience (2006)
using XML
hl7@kheitmann.nl
Phase 2 – Creation of Care Record Summary (CDA
R2) documents
Europe - National Patient Summary Carelink http://www.carelink.se/ Initial implementation underway
Sweden Project (2007-2010)
Ministry of Health & Social To include basic care information, for example
⎯ Carelink
Affairs diagnoses, medical reports and discharge summaries.
http://www.carelink.se/en/the_initativ
National Board of Health PKI will be required for access to the summary.
e/acsess_to_care_informatio/national
and Welfare _patient_summery/
⎯ National Patient Summary
ISO ISO 21549-3:2004 Health TC 215 http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/ Published in 2004 and in use in various healthcard
informatics - Patient healthcard catalogue_tc/catalogue_tc_browse.ht projects throughout Europe.
data – Part 3: Limited clinical m?commid=54960 – ISO Catalogue
Limited clinical dataset embedded on a patient
data of Publications
healthcard for use in emergency and other
unscheduled care situations.
3 datasets:
⎯ limited emergency dataset, e.g. allergies;
medications; significant problems;
⎯ blood grouping and transfusion record dataset;
⎯ immunizations received dataset.

Table 1 (continued)
Country Initiative Lead Link(s) Key Characteristics
New Zealand Medical Warnings System New Zealand Ministry of http://www.nzhis.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pag The Medical Warnings System is a value-added
Health esns/54 — New Zealand Health service closely aligned with the National Health Index.
Information Service It is designed to warn healthcare providers of the
presence of any known risk factors that may be
important when making clinical decisions about patient
care.
The MWS comprises the following features:
⎯ medical warnings incorporating adverse medical
reactions and significant medical conditions;
⎯ event summaries incorporating identification of
the facility where the patient’s medical record is
located;
⎯ donor information incorporating donor summaries
and healthcare user contact details.
The MWS was initially part of the National Master
Patient Index, implemented in 1977.
NHS UK – NHS Care Records Service – NHS http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.u Shared EHR context
England Summary Care Record k/systemsandservices/nhscrs — NHS
The Summary Care Record component of the Care
Connecting for Health
Records Service will be comprised of:
http://www.nhscarerecords.nhs.uk/
— essential elements of a patient’s electronic record,
NHS Care Records Service (patient extracted from general practice notes, and
site)
— essential elements relating to that person from
other organizations where they have received
care.
The first implementations of the SCR include data on
allergies, current prescriptions and any adverse
reactions to medications.
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Table 1 (continued)
Country Initiative Lead Link(s) Key Characteristics
NHS UK - National Dataset Initiatives NHS Information Centre http://www.ic.nhs.uk/ — NHS The NHS has created National Service Frameworks to
England (formerly the Dataset Information Centre promote equality and high standards of care across the
Development Programme) UK.
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-
data-collections — Statistics & Data Disease specific datasets for each disease area have
Collections been created to support monitoring and evaluation,
e.g. cancer; mental health; heart disease; diabetes.
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/our-
Several of these datasets are defined as “core” or
services/standards-and-
“minimum” datasets, e.g. mental health. Details of each
classifications/datasets/document-
dataset can be found on the site.
downloads — Document Downloads
A 2003/04 initiative to create a Generic Core Dataset
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/our-
across these disease areas revealed very few areas of
services/standards-and-
overlap or duplication because the data captured by
classifications/datasets — National
each sector is very specialized.
Datasets Service
Technical Report author’s note: small sub-sets of these
specialty datasets could serve as optional extensions
to a generic HSR.
NHS UK - Emergency Care Summary http://www.nhsnss.org/supplementary Shared EHR context
Scotland (ECS) _pages/news_detail.php?newsid=60
Provides a primary care physician (General
— NHS Scotland’s Emergency Care
Practitioner – GP) summary dataset for use by other
Summary
clinicians in unscheduled care settings.
http://www.scimp.scot.nhs.uk/clinical
The ECS contains patient information on: name, date
_ecs.html — Scottish Clinical
of birth, community health index (CHI) number,
Information in Practice (SCIMP) —
information on prescribed medication and allergies.
details on ECS
Information is copied from GP computer systems, is
http://www.scimp.scot.nhs.uk/docum
stored electronically and is available only with consent
ents/RCGPSummaryCareRecordGP
from the patient to staff in hospital emergency
SummaryFinal.pdf — Royal College
departments, to doctors and nurses in all out of hours
of GPs summary document
medical centers and the NHS 24 staff (telephone
health line).
Table 1 (continued)
Country Initiative Lead Link(s) Key Characteristics
NHS UK - National Clinical Dataset NHS Scotland – under the http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/4998.h Similar to the NHS England National Dataset
Scotland Development Program Information Services tml — NCDDP Initiatives.
(NCDDP) Division
A similar project to define a Generic Core Dataset as a
component of a Scottish Social Care Data Standards
Project was undertaken in 2004 under the auspices of
the national program.
See
http://193.195.78.72/scds/files/eCART%20Dataset%20
Consultation%20Final%20Document1.pdf.
NHS UK - Individual Health Record NHS Wales http://www.wales.nhs.uk Shared EHR
Wales
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/IHC/home.cf Provides an extract of the GP record for out-of-hours
m - Informing Healthcare and emergency care.
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/ihc/page.cfm Extracts all coded data from GP systems, except
?pid=25883 sensitive data such as sex changes or Sexually
Transmitted Infections.
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/ihc/page.cfm
?pid=25881 — Individual Health Works on an explicit consent basis. Each time the
Record in Out-of-Hours Care system is used, the patient must give their consent.
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/News In emergencies, the doctor can click the emergency
/3269/informing_healthcare_announc button to signal the patient could not be asked for their
e_next_wales_ooh_sites — consent.
Extension of IHR
United Myocardial Infarction National Royal College of Physicians http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/clinical- The criteria and principles for development of
Kingdom - Audit Project (MINAP) (1998 London standards/organisation/partnership/P standardized health summary record content outlined
England forward) ages/MINAP-.aspx in the Technical Report were adapted from this project.
Relocated in 2008 to
Other
National Institute for Clinical http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/ — University A broadly based steering group developed a dataset
Initiatives
Outcomes Research, College London for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This allowed
University College London clinicians to examine the management of myocardial
infarction within their hospitals against targets specified
by the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart
Disease (NSF).
The latest version of the MINAP Core Data Set can be
found on the Royal College website.

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Table 1 (continued)
Country Initiative Lead Link(s) Key Characteristics
United States Continuity of Care Document HL7, ASTM http://www.ahima.org/meetings/ltc/do The CCR is a standardized dataset that can be used to
(CCD) (2007) cuments/Alschuler_HITinLTCPanel.J constrain the CDA specifically for summary
une06.rev.ppt — Content & documents.
Interoperability Standards Panel: HL7
CCD maps the CCR elements into a CDA
CDA – Liora Alschuler
representation.
http://www.alschulerassociates.com/li
brary/presentations/Alschuler.CCD.p
pt — CCD: Liora Alschuler
http://www.neotool.com/blog/2008/07
/29/continuity-of-care-document-for-
clinical-data-exchange/ - Neotool
blog
http://www.hl7.org/search/search.cfm
— CCD final specification
United States Continuity of Care Record ASTM International http://www.astm.org — search for Undertaken in response to the need to organize and
(CCR) (2006) (XML) publication E2369 make transportable a set of basic patient information
consisting of the most relevant and timely facts about a
Up-to-date information on adoption
patient’s health history and current health status.
and deployment can be found at
http://www.ccrstandard.com/ — The The CCR is a snapshot of the most relevant patient
CCR Standard Resource site. information intended for timely point-to-point sharing
between providers to inform care decisions.

Table 1 (continued)
Country Initiative Lead Link(s) Key Characteristics
United States Care Record Summary - HL7 HL7 International Care Record Summary Level 1 IG A Care Record Summary document contains a
Clinical Document Architecture (2005) patient's relevant health history for some time period.
(CDA) Implementation Guide
http://www.hl7.org/documentcenter/b It is intended for communication between healthcare
for CDA Release 2 — Level 1
allots/2005may/downloads/CDACare providers and applies to Discharge Summaries,
and 2 (U.S. realm), 2006
RecordSu
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