Introduction to the ISA

Comment

Kinometrix Interoperability

Thank you for your consideration. 

 

 

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                                                                   September 23, 2019

 

                                                                 iShare Medical

                                                                 3150 Mercier, Suite 608A

                                                                  Kansas City, Missouri 64111

 

Donald Rucker, MD

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

 

Attention:  ISA Comments

 

Dear Dr. Rucker:

On behalf of iShare Medical, we applaud the ONC for its determination to find a solution to the complex problem of trust in healthcare interoperability.  We agree with the ONC that the use of common standards advances interoperability.  Attached is a .pdf containing our comment.

Sincerely,

 

Linda Van Horn, MBA

 

 

iShare Medical ISA Comments.pdf

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics comments on 2019 ISA

Thank you for allowing the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics the opportunity to comment on the 2019 ISA. Attached is the Academy's comments.

Respectfully,

Becky Gradl

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics -ISA Reply September 2019_0.pdf

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics comments on 2019 ISA

Thank you for allowing the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetic the opportunity to comment on the 2019 ISA. Attached are the comments from the Academy.

 

Respectfully,

Becky Gradl

Epic Comments on 2020 ISA Reference Edition

Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on the Interoperability Standards Advisory. Please see the attached documents with Epic's comments.

ISA 2020 Reference Edition Feedback - Epic.pdf

Pharmacy HIT Collaborative's Comments on ONC's Proposed 2019 ISA

Dear Sir or Madam:

On behalf of the membership of the Pharmacy Health Information Technology Collaborative (Collaborative), we are pleased to submit comments for the 2019 Interoperability Standards Advisory comment period.

The Collaborative has been involved with the federal agencies, including the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), developing the national health information technology (HIT) framework since 2010.  The Collaborative is supportive of the proposed standards for clinical health IT interoperability purposes.

Pharmacists provide patient-centered care and services, maintain various secure patient care records, and as part of the integrated health care team, they are directly involved with other health care providers and patients in various practice settings.  Pharmacists are users of health IT and are especially supportive of interoperability standards incorporating HL7, SNOMED CT, LOINC, RxNorm, and NCPDP SCRIPT, and NCPDP Real Time Formulary and Benefits (currently under development).  The Collaborative supports use of these particular standards which are important to pharmacists for documenting allergies (including medications, food, and environmental intolerances and reactions), immunizations (historical and administered), immunization registry reporting (query/response), medications, medication allergies, patient problems, smoking status, reporting to public health agencies, clinical decision support services/knowledge artifacts, drug formulary checking, and electronic prescribing (including new versions). 

Attached are our comments regarding the 2019 Interoperability Standards Advisory.

PHIT FINAL ONC ISA Comment Letter 9-23-19.pdf

eLTSS as a standard for long term service and support exchange

Thank your for the opportunity to comment on the ISA. Long term services and support are critical to the well being and quality of life of millions of people receiving assistance in the community. It is essential to exchange clinical and care data (eg goals, required services, demographics, etc) between health care providers, service providers and care coordinators. HL7 has recently published a FHIR implementation guide (http://hl7.org/fhir/us/eltss/index.html) focused on data exchange in this area. We suggest that this IG be included in the ISA. The document is still an STU version and adoption level is low. It is not federally required but it is free and a reference implementation will be available shortly. 

ACP Comments on ONC's 2019 ISA

Dear Dr. Rucker,

The College is pleased to submit the attached comments on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC’s) 2019 Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA).

Best,

Josh Serchen

Analyst, Regulatory Affairs

Governmental Affairs and Public Policy

American College of Physicians

interoperability_standards_advisory_comments_2019.pdf