tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post4775027394980110075..comments2024-03-23T05:28:35.472-04:00Comments on Healthcare Standards: Bad Reporting on CDA Consolidation Raises my Blood PressureKeith W. Boonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16883038460949909300noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733074358901582680.post-23641416856124491452011-10-26T16:04:03.828-04:002011-10-26T16:04:03.828-04:00Hi Keith, I read the same Modern Healthcare articl...Hi Keith, I read the same Modern Healthcare article and was also puzzled by the wording. I interpreted it as you did, to PROBABLY refer to the HIE C32 efforts in New York (and several other states), since Jitin did mention ONC collaborating with that group. But that group never characterized it as a "standard" since the group is not an SDO, and I'm not sure what an "interim standard" would be coming from ONC, because there's Stage 1 MU and there will be Stage 2, nothing regulatory in between. So it would be at best a voluntary implementation guide like all these standards were prior to HITECH anyway.<br /><br />The timing is interesting if Consolidated CDA starts DSTU for two years in November. The end of 2 years would be the likely start of Stage 2 MU. And I read some HL7 documentation that a DSTU period "can be determined by the host Technical Committee, but must be no longer than two years. The more common expectation is that these documents will begin to advance to normative status after 12-15 months of trial use." I didn't see any specific statements in the CDA Consolidation Guide as to the DSTU length. Has that been formally decided and documented?Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251393010554964308noreply@blogger.com