xDT (aka KVDT) is a family of

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s that are used by

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s and health care administration in

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. They were created by initiative of the ''Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung'' (

National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (NASHIP) - in German "Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KBV)", based in Berlin, is the co-ordinating body of all 17 State Associations of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians ...

- NASHIP).

Formats

As of October 2013 the following formats have been implemented: * ADT (''Abrechnungsdatentransfer''): A format for transferring billing data * BDT (''Behandlungsdatentransfer''): A format for exchange of complete electronic health records among electronic health record software systems * GDT (''Gerätedatentransfer''): A format to transfer data among medical devices and software systems * LDT (''Labordatentransfer''): A format to transfer orders of laboratory tests and their results.

External links

* tp://ftp.kbv.de/ita-update/Abrechnung/KBV_ITA_VGEX_Datensatzbeschreibung_KVDT.pdf NASHIP interface description (in German)
xDT field directory in gms Wiki
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