Clinical Document ArchitectureXML standard for clinical documents Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) is a technical standard by HL7 International. It uses XML to specify the encoding, structure and semantics of health data for health information exchange. Release 1.0 was published in November 2000 and Release 2.0 in 2005.
HL7 InternationalHealth Level Seven (HL7) International Inc. is a standards organization that develops technical standards for health data exchange. The HL7 series of standards are its best known, of which the 2.x are the most commonly used in the healthcare sector. It is by ANSI. HistoryThe HL7 community is a global organization (Health Level Seven International, Inc.) with country-specific affiliate organizations.Arden syntaxArden syntax is a markup language designed for representing and sharing medical knowledge in a standardized, executable format. It is primarily used by clinical decision support systems to generate alerts, interpretations, and manage information presented to clinicians. This allows for the consistent and efficient application of clinical and scientific knowledge within and across healthcare institutions.Medical logic moduleA medical logic module (MLM) is an independent unit in a healthcare knowledge base that represents the knowledge published on a requirement for treating a patient according to a single medical decision. Possible usage is with an event monitor program in an intensive care ward or with hospital information system on occurrence of defined conditions. See Arden syntax reference for examples. Early introduction is given with monographs.Health information exchangeHealth Information Exchange (HIE) is the electronic exchange of health care information across organizations within a region, community, or hospital system. Participants in this data exchange are collectively called Health Information Networks (HINs). HIE may also refer to the Health Information Organization (HIO) facilitating the exchange.
OSI modelThe Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model is a reference model published in 1984 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that "provides a common basis for the coordination of standards development for the purpose of systems interconnection." In the OSI reference model, the components of a communication system are distinguished in seven abstraction layers: Physical, Data Link, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation, and Application.
Technical standardA technical standard is an established norm or requirement for a repeatable technical task which is applied to a common and repeated use of rules, conditions, guidelines or characteristics for products or related processes and production methods, and related management systems practices.
International Organization for StandardizationThe International Organization for Standardization (ISO), (the preferred official pronunciation of the organizational name is: US: ) is an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Membership requirements are given in Article 3 of the ISO Statutes.
Standards organizationA standards organization, standards body, standards developing organization (SDO), or standards setting organization (SSO) is an organization whose primary function is developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting, or otherwise contributing to the usefulness of technical standards to those who employ them.
Application layerAn application layer is an abstraction layer that specifies the shared communication protocols and interface methods used by hosts in a communications network. An application layer abstraction is specified in both the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) and the OSI model. Although both models use the same term for their respective highest-level layer, the detailed definitions and purposes are different.
American National Standards InstituteThe American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private nonprofit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organization also coordinates U.S. standards with international standards so that American products can be used worldwide.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.