| Submitted By: Al Taylor
/ ONC
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| Data Element Information |
| Use Case Description(s) |
| Use Case Description |
Family Health History is an element of patient health data capturing relevant coded health data of a patient's family. The ONC certification criteria "§170.315(a)(12) Family health history" is already established to capture this data element using SNOMED CT. |
| Estimated number of stakeholders capturing, accessing using or exchanging
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Current users of 552 products of health information technology certified to the ONC 2015 or Cures Update to 2015 certification criteria has access to the capability to capture, use and exchange this data element. |
| Link to use case project page |
https://www.healthit.gov/test-method/family-health-history |
| Healthcare Aims |
- Improving patient experience of care (quality and/or satisfaction)
- Improving the health of populations
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| Maturity of Use and Technical Specifications for Data Element |
| Applicable Standard(s) |
SNOMED CT is the baseline standard to capture this data element, although health IT developers are allowed to use other standards, such as LOINC, to capture elements of family health history
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| Additional Specifications |
N/A |
| Current Use |
This data element has been used at scale between multiple different production environments to support the majority of anticipated stakeholders |
| Supporting Artifacts |
Based on certification of 552 out of 921 products certified to any 2015 or 2015 Cures Update criteria are certified to §170.315(a)(12) Family health history.
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| Number of organizations/individuals with which this data element has been electronically exchanged
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5 or more. This data element has been tested at scale between multiple different production environments to support the majority of anticipated stakeholders. |
| Supporting Artifacts |
https://www.hl7.org/fhir/familymemberhistory.html
Family History Section (V3) of CCDA R2.1 (2.16.840.1.113883.10.20.22.2.15:2015-08-01)
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| Potential Challenges |
| Restrictions on Standardization (e.g. proprietary code) |
None. |
| Restrictions on Use (e.g. licensing, user fees) |
None |
| Privacy and Security Concerns |
No unique P&S concerns |
| Estimate of Overall Burden |
This data element is already fully implemented in the majority of certified health IT products under the §170.315(a)(12) Family health history certification criteris |
Submitted by aphillips@imoh… on 2022-04-28
Level 2 Data Class: Family Health History
Level 2 Data Class: Family Health History Level 2 Data Element: Family Health History[AK1] IMO supports the inclusion of the proposed Level 2 Data Class for Family Health History and the specified level 2 data element for Family Health History. The data class and data element are currently specified as part of ONC HIT certification criteria, and SNOMED CT and LOINC are widely implemented to capture family health history.