EHR Intelligence July 3, 2017
A collaborative white paper by AHIMA and IHE regarding requirements for patient demographic data collection and exchange is now open for public comment.
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) are now seeking public comment on a collaborative white paper detailing requirements and constraints for patient demographic data exchange and aggregation.
The paper—titled “Patient Registration Demographic Data Capture and Exchange”—is based on the AHIMA Patient Registration Use Case and was developed by the IHE Patient Care Coordination (PCC) Committee and the AHIMA Standards Task Force.
Specifically, the paper outlines which patient demographic information should be collected and shared for patient registration during an emergency department visit at a healthcare provider’s facility.
“The goal of...