Work Group 1

TIGER Standards & Interoperability collaborative

Working together using this wiki

This wiki is a shared online whiteboard that allows the entire group to easily share information to each other and other TIGER collaborative team members. The material on the wiki should be considered to be in draft format and will be published on the TIGER website at www.tigersummit.com upon completion.

Activities of Work Group 1

(Catalogue and develop an inventory of the most relevant health IT standard setting efforts and resources)

This team is developing an inventory of existing resources including the following sources of information:

• comprehensive literature review

• ongoing research programs

• publications

• expert resources

• access to intended audience
• comprehensive list of specialty-specific standards efforts (working with nursing professional organizations)

Drafts

Proposed Framework (new page)

Updated worksheet for review process (PLEASE USE THIS VERSION TO UPDATE YOUR WORK, AND SAVE YOUR WORK TO A NEW DOCUMENT WITH YOUR INITIALS AT THE END) Click on the ICON not the link to download.

Standards Wkgrp 1 Catalogue Draft Vs5.xls 

Group members

• Ginny Meadows - Group Leader
• Carlene Anteau
• Cyndi Lundberg 
• Myrna Mamaril
• Carol Petersen
• Kathleen Smith
• Anna Poker
• Virginia Saba

Resources

Excel spreadsheet we are using to catalog our Standards Types  (see new version above)

Link to National Standards activities - Updated Calendar from TIGER HIT Agenda wiki

IHE's functional status assessment profile (e.g., scales such as Braden, Pain, Glascow, etc.)

IHE Functional Scale Assessment.ppt 

A Case-study approach to standards:

Creating Clinical Data Standards in Health Care:  Five Case Studies by the California HealthCare Foundation

Summary: Provides a general overview of clinical data standards and highlights how different organizations are using those standards to implement interoperable software solutions.http://www.chcf.org/documents/ihealth/ClinicalDataStandardsInHealthCare.pdf

HIMSS HIT Dictionary (trying to get the easiest way to access. If you are a member of HIMSS you can log in to the Member center and access through the menu option for "Interactive Tools"

Three levels of Interoperability described in Health Level Seven (HL7) "Coming to Terms" White Paper:

Coming to Terms February 2007.doc 

Health Information Technology Glossary of Terms (from California HealthCare Foundation http://www.chcf.org/topics/chronicdisease/index.cfm?itemID=133552):

HITGlossary.pdf 

Draft Standards Catalogue from Beth Halley

TIGER SDO Catalogue.xls 

2003 IOM Report from Patty Graves (Group 3)

 IOM Report-Key Capabilities of an Electronic Health Record.pdf 

2007 AMIA/AHIMA report on Healthcare terminologies and classifications from Patty Graves (Group 3)

Healthcare terminologies and classifications.pdf

Standards Case Study Form

standards_case study form.doc 

Meetings 

Scheduled Meeting Dates

Next Meeting August 21, 2008 at 11 am EDT - CANCELLED

Please register at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/299393647

Meeting archive

January 15, 2008 9am EST

February 19, 2008 9am EST

March 11, 2008 1 - 2pm EDT

April 15, 2008 at 9 a.m. EDT

May 7, 2008 12 noon EDT

May 15, 2008, 11 am EDT

May 29, 2008 at 11 am EDT

July 24, 2008 at 12 noon EDT