CalRHIO Releases Data Sharing Standards
The California Regional Health Information Organization on Friday released the Data Standards Roadmap -- a list of recommended standards for electronic data sharing, Health Data Management reports.
The roadmap is intended to guide RHIOs in California and other states, as well help IT vendors upgrade and develop products.
The data standards -- which cover administration and finance, allergies, clinical documentation, imaging, immunizations, laboratory tests, medications, services and vocabularies -- include those currently in use and those expected to be in use by 2010 and after (Health Data Management, 4/10).