| Ballot Document Name and Information | |
|---|---|
| Document/Standard Name: | HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: Healthcare Associated Infection Reports, Release 4 - US Realm |
| Ballot Code: | TBD (CDAR2_IG_HAIRPT_R4_TBD) |
| Realm: | Realm Specific: US |
| Backwards Compatible: | Yes |
| Internally/Externally Developed: | Internally Developed Document/Standard |
| Ballot Level | |
| Requested Ballot Level: | STU |
| Standard Ballot Open Date: | Except standard dates |
| Standard Ballot Close Date: | Except standard dates |
| Work Group Information | |
| Sponsoring Work Group: | Structured Documents |
| Project Insight Project ID: | 1192 |
| Confirmation of Work Group Approval: | Structured Documents (22 Oct 2020 Approve: 26, Abstain: 0, Opposed: 0) |
| Primary Work Group Contact: | Austin Kreisler |
| NIB Form Submitted By: | Austin Kreisler |
| Publishing Facilitator: | Sarah Gaunt |
| Other Sponsoring TCs and SIGs: | |
| Additional Vote Recipients: | Sarah Gaunt |
| Document Description/Changes | |
| Description of Ballot Document: | With cooperation from CDC and Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) software vendors, document will be STU Release 1 of the HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA® Release 2: Healthcare Associated Infection Reports Release 4. The IG will continue to support electronic submission of HAI data to the National Healthcare Safety Network. This document will contain two new COVID-19 data elements in several existing forms, new AR denominator data elements, and a move of most of the vocabulary into VSAC. |
| Major Changes Since Last Ballot: | CDA Only: New COVID-19 data elements in several existing forms New items in the AR denominator form. Most of the vocabulary has been moved from the existing spreadsheet to VSAC and links to the value sets will be updated in this version of the IG |
| ANSI-Required Information | |
| The following information is required by ANSI for all ballots. | |
| Project Need | |
| Briefly explain the reason behind the need for this project. This may be related to legislative requirements, industry need, or similar justifications. | The CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is being used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and 30 states plus the District of Columbia as the technical infrastructure by which they obtain healthcare-associated infection and quality measure data. Currently, more than 12,000 facilities are reporting data into NHSN. This project revises existing reports/documents and adds new ones to collect data that are relevant to CDC’s surveillance plan. |
| Other Referenced Standards | |
| Does this document include text from an ISO or IEC standard? If so, please cite those standards here. | None |
| Unit of Measure | |
| As required by ANSI, if measurements are introduced in this standards document, what is the measurement type from the choices available? | Not Applicable |
| Stakeholders | |
| Identified stakeholders. For example, pharmaceutical, healthcare, etc. | Quality Reporting Agencies, Regulatory Agency, Health Care IT, Local and State Departments of Health; Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health) |
| Consumer Product Indication | No |
| Is this a consumer product? | |
| Ballot Reconciliation Reminder | |
| Intent to Complete Reconciliation Activities: | Yes |
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