Jeremy L Warner, Suzanne E Maddux, Kevin S Hughes, John C Krauss, Peter Paul Yu, Lawrence N Shulman, Deborah K Mayer, Mike Hogarth, Mark Shafarman, Allison Stover Fiscalini, Laura Esserman, Liora Alschuler, George Augustine Koromia, Zabrina Gonzaga, Edward P Ambinder
OBJECTIVE: Develop and evaluate a foundational oncology-specific standard for the communication and coordination of care throughout the cancer journey, with early-stage breast cancer as the use case. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Owing to broad uptake of the Health Level Seven (HL7) Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) by health information exchanges and large provider organizations, we developed an implementation guide in congruence with C-CDA. The resultant product was balloted through the HL7 process and subsequently implemented by two groups: the Health Story Project (Health Story) and the Athena Breast Health Network (Athena)...
May 2015: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA