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The Continuity of Care Record is arevolutionary new ASTM Internationalstandard that will change howhealthcare professionals communicateand transfer healthcare informationabout their patients.
The ASTM specification for Continuity of Care Record was developed bySubcommittee E31.28 on Electronic Health Records, which is under thejurisdiction of ASTM Committee E31 on Healthcare Informatics.
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New ASTM InternationalSpecification for the Continuity ofCare Record
Membership in Committee E31E31 committee membership includes clinicians,provider institutions, administrators, patientadvocates, vendors, and others from throughoutthe healthcare industry, as well as strong supportfrom the CCR sponsors. CCR sponsors collectivelyrepresents over 500,000 practitioners, over 13,000IT professionals, over 200 IT companies–over19,000 managers of over 11,000 organizations inwhich 240,000 physicians practice, and over12,000 institutions in the long-term carecommunity that provide care to over 1.5 millionelderly and disabled. The ASTM standardsdevelopment process and membership onCommittee E31 is open to all interested parties.
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The Continuity of Care Record is a coredataset to be sent to the next healthcare providerwhenever a patient is referred, transferred, orotherwise uses different clinics, hospitals, or otherproviders. The CCR will bring an end to physicians andother healthcare professionals having to act “blindly,”without easy access to relevant patient information.It provides the necessary information to supportcontinuity of care, thus reducing medical errors,achieving higher efficiency, and creating betterquality of care.
During the past three years, U.S. President George W.Bush has called for greater interoperability ofelectronic medical records and personal healthrecords. ASTM E 2369-05, Standard Specification forthe Continuity of Care Record (CCR) represents amajor step forward in assisting vendors andhealthcare organizations in their search for simple,yet powerful tools that will help meet the president’sobjectives.
Numerous sponsoringorganizations havesupported the efforts ofASTM SubcommitteeE31.28 on ElectronicHealth Recordsthroughout this process,including theMassachusetts MedicalSociety, the HealthcareInformation and
Management Systems Society, the American Academyof Family Physicians (AAFP), the American Academy ofPediatrics, the American Medical Association, thePatient Safety Institute, the American Health CareAssociation, the National Association for the Supportof Long-Term Care, the Mobile Healthcare Alliance,the Medical Group Management Association and theAmerican College of Osteopathic Family Physicians.
“The wide range of sponsors for the CCR initiativedemonstrates its uniqueness as well as its strength,”notes CCR task group co-chair Claudia Tessier.“Clinicians, both individually and through theirmembership organizations, have been the maindrivers of the CCR. Through them we have identifiedthe most relevant patient information to be sharedamong providers. Thus, they and their patients will beits main beneficiaries.”
About ASTM CommitteeE31 on HealthcareInformatics
ASTM Committee E31 on HealthcareInformatics develops standards related to the architecture, content, storage, security,confidentiality, functionality, andcommunication of information used withinhealthcare and healthcare decision making,including patient-specific information andknowledge.
Established in 1970, E31 meets semi-annuallyas a committee in May and November.Members and visitors attend three days ofmeetings that include technical subcommitteesessions and a plenary meeting. Somesubcommittees occasionally meet on anaccelerated basis. The committee, with acurrent membership of approximately 300, hassix technical subcommittees that have over 30approved standards and additional draftstandards.
E31 OFFICERSCommittee Chairman: Richard M. Peters
Ptrx Inc.Vice-Chairman: Joseph H. Schneider
Children’s Medical Center-DallasRecording Secretary: David C. Kibbe
American Academy Family Physicians
One of the sponsoring organizations, the American Academy,of Family Physicians, has launched Project Continuity ofCare, an initiative designed to raise awareness of E 2369, todevelop and deploy field-capable CCR-compatible softwareapplications and tools, and to accelerate integration of theCCR into existing electronic health record software.
“We now have the CCR standard, an affordable technologyfor capturing a patient’s most relevant health informationand making it personal, private and portable,” said DouglasE. Henley, M.D., executive vice president of the AAFP, inannouncing Project Continuity of Care. “Our aim is toprovide physicians and other caregivers with access to thissummary medical information when and where it is needed,and to give patients the assurance they deserve that theywon’t suffer in an emergency because of lack of informationabout their personal illnesses or treatment plans.”
SUBCOMMITTEE E31.28 on ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
CCR Initiative Co-Chair: Claudia TessierMobile Healthcare Alliance (MoHCA)Washington, D.C.phone: 202/352-3019email: [email protected]
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