Discharge and referral data exchange using global standards—the SCIPHOX project in Germany

The goal of the German project “Standardization of Communication between Information Systems in Physician Offices and Hospitals using XML” (aka SCIPHOX) in its first phase is to provide information exchange based on the Extended Markup Language XML between Hospital Information Systems (HIS) and Phys...

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Published in:International journal of medical informatics (Shannon, Ireland) Ireland), 2003-07, Vol.70 (2), p.195-203
Main Authors: Heitmann, Kai U., Schweiger, Ralf, Dudeck, Joachim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical documentation
Computer Systems
Computerized
electronic medical records
Electronic messages
Germany
HL7
Hospital Information Systems
Humans
Information model
Language
Medical information science
Medical Records Systems, Computerized - standards
Medical sciences
Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data
Physicians' Offices
Programming Languages
Referral and Consultation - statistics & numerical data
Shared care
Standardization
Systems Integration
XML
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Summary:The goal of the German project “Standardization of Communication between Information Systems in Physician Offices and Hospitals using XML” (aka SCIPHOX) in its first phase is to provide information exchange based on the Extended Markup Language XML between Hospital Information Systems (HIS) and Physician Office Systems (POS). The Clinical Document Architecture (CDA), a standard developed by the Health Level Seven organization (HL7), was chosen to serve as the “backbone” specification. The CDA is an ANSI approved document architecture for exchange of clinical information using XML. In phase I of the SCIPHOX project the proposal specifies the use of the CDA as a generalized international standard in the national context of discharge and referral letters in Germany. The specification defines how to use the CDA header and associated vocabularies by providing a translation and interpretation of the CDA header tags and provides a solution for taking local needs (insurance information etc.) into account.
ISSN:1386-5056
1872-8243
DOI:10.1016/S1386-5056(03)00036-4