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Long Term Care - Assessments

Between March of 2006 and March of 2008, the American Health Information Community (AHIC) published 13 use cases.  In April of 2008 the AHIC began the process of identifying 2009 priorities to serve as focus areas for standards harmonization and other national Health IT agenda activities.  During the June 2008 and July 2008 AHIC meetings, there was approval for development of 1 new “Use Case” and 13 “Extensions/Gaps”.  One of the extensions/gaps prioritized for subsequent processing in the national health agenda activities in 2009 was Long Term Care - Assessments.  The Long Term Care - Assessments Extension/Gap addresses the electronic exchange of assessment information between Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to support long term care needs, including transfers of care, and the ability to incorporate and use assessment information in EHRs for long term care.  

This final extension/gap document was developed by Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to represent the AHIC priorities and provide context for the national health agenda activities, beginning with the selection of harmonized standards by the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP).  Components that need to be considered during the standards identification and harmonization activities include standardized vocabularies, data elements, datasets, and technical standards that support the information needs and processes of the clinicians and others who create or use long term care assessment information.  HITSP may look to reuse standards, where applicable, from standards previously recognized by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), to specify and constrain how standards are to be used to advance interoperability and to work with standards development organizations to see that gaps in standards are filled.

This is the Final AHIC Long Term Care - Assessments Extension/Gap Document. Previously ONC distributed a Draft Document and requested public feedback. These activities resulted in approximately 59 feedback items from 9 organizations. Feedback received on the Draft AHIC Extension/Gap has been considered and incorporated where applicable.

ONC would like to thank you for your participation in the development of the 2009 Long Term Care - Assessments Extension/Gap.  If you are interested in receiving a summary of the dispositioned Draft Long Term Care - Assessments Extension/Gap feedback, please send an email message to: usecase5@hhs.gov and put “Feedback Disposition Requested” in the subject line.  The disposition summary will include the feedback received from all organization and individuals.  In the circumstance where the submitter was anonymous, the submitter will be identified as “Anonymous” in the disposition summary. 

The Final Extension/Gap is available for download:

  • Final Extension/Gap – Long Term Care - Assessments [PDF - 308KB]

Please send any overall requests for additional information and/or inquiries concerning Use Cases by email to usecase1@hhs.gov. Requests and/or inquiries in regards to the Long Term Care - Assessments Extension/Gap can be sent by email to: usecase5@hhs.gov.

You may also send your requests and/or inquiries to:

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Attention: Use Case Team
Mary Switzer Building
330 C Street, S.W. Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20201

Thank you for your sharing your views and/or the views of your organization.

Sincerely,

Use Case Team - ONC

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

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