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The HL7 Clinical Document Architecture.

R H Dolin1, L Alschuler, C Beebe

  • 1Kaiser Permanente, La Palma, California 90623, USA. Robert.H.Dolin@kp.org

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
|November 1, 2001
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Health Level 7 (HL7) developed the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) standard for representing clinical documents. This standard facilitates semantic interoperability in healthcare by defining document structure and semantics.

Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Exchange
  • Healthcare Standards Development

Background:

  • Health Level 7 (HL7) is recognized for creating healthcare messaging standards.
  • HL7 is actively developing standards for clinical document representation, including discharge summaries and progress notes.
  • These document standards are collectively known as the HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present the approach and objectives of the HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA).
  • To provide a technical overview of the CDA standard.
  • To highlight CDA's role in enabling semantic interoperability in healthcare.

Main Methods:

  • The CDA is a document markup standard specifying the structure and semantics of clinical documents.

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  • CDA documents are defined as complete information objects supporting various multimedia content.
  • The standard is implemented using Extensible Markup Language (XML) and derives semantic content from the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM).

    • Main Results:

    • The first release of CDA (Framework, release 1.0) addresses common clinical notes, focusing on broad implementation.
    • CDA documents can be transmitted within HL7 messages or exist independently.
    • The CDA standard is part of the HL7 version 3 family, advancing the mission for semantic interoperability.

    Conclusions:

    • The HL7 CDA standard provides a framework for representing clinical documents, enhancing data exchange.
    • The CDA's design prioritizes broad implementation by initially focusing on common clinical notes.
    • The adoption of CDA and HL7 version 3 standards moves the healthcare industry closer to achieving comprehensive semantic interoperability.