Date: 18 January 2023

Quarter: 3

CDS hosting CQI 

Chair:  Bryn Rhodes 

Scribe:  Howard Strasberg 

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Discussion items

TimeItemWhoNotes

  • CDS Hooks (slides)
    • Project Update
    • Hook Maturity Project Update
    • DetectedIssue
    • Sandbox
Isaac Vetter 
  • Isaac provided an update on the project.  See attached slides.
  • No dedicated Connectathon track, but:
    • Clinical Reasoning track - PDDI successful with Logica (fully) and Epic (partially) sandboxes.
    • DaVinci CRD - tested systemAction with order-select t.o determine coverage
  • CDS Hooks 2.0 was published in Fall 2022 - includes override reasons, feedback service, refinements to response
  • Separate PSS for hook maturity - appointment-book (3), encounter-discharge (3), order-select (4 or 5), order-sign (5) to be balloted soon (May?).
  • EHR participation and production support timelines?  No CDS hook track this time.  PDDI tested against the Epic sandbox.  See https://github.com/cds-hooks/docs/wiki/CDS-Hooks-Availability.  
  • Will payer/prior auth use cases drive CDS hooks adoption?  CRD is named in recent CMS NPRM (HL7 PAC is seeking comments).   However, prior auth is a different use case from CDS.
  • New enhancements (post-2.0)
  • CDS Hooks is being used with PAMA, PDDI, CRD and Clinical Reasoning.
  • When should CDS Hooks be balloted next and/or go normative?
  • May switch to FHIR IG format at some point
  • September normative/mixed STU ballot?  Do we have enough clients?
  • DetectedIssue - include in CDS Hooks card?
    • What is the EHR supposed to do with it?
    • Could it be an extension?
    • Structured data could help de-duplicate with existing, non-CDS Hooks interaction checking.
    • Could be a suggestion with a create action?  A system action?
    • Bryn - see also https://hl7.org/fhir/clinicalreasoning-cds-on-fhir.html.
  • CDS hooks sandbox
    • Hosted environment - need to find out where it is - no primary project person github.com/cds-hooks/sandbox 
    • Open source project
    • Ask HL7 implementation division how they plan to maintain a CDS hooks sandbox

  • FHIRCast Project Update (slides)

  • CDS is a cosponsor 
  • Modern context synchronization
  • Balloted STU3 in May 2022
    • JIRA resolution is ongoing
    • new capability - content exchange
  • IHE is building on top of FHIRCast (imaging use case to create a diagnostic report)
  • Considering making FHIRCast a base specification that can be profiled for advanced use cases

  • WGM planning

  • Should CDS consolidate its WGM agenda to Tuesdays?  Seems reasonable.
  • Wednesdays would continue to have joint sessions with CQI.
  • CDS would host Tuesdays.
  • CQI would host Wednesdays (and/or Mondays).

  • Connectathon Reportout
    • Clinical Reasoning

  • Deferred to another quarter.

Action items


  • Ask HL7 implementation division how they plan to maintain a CDS hooks sandbox.