The Standards & Interoperability Framework is working to reduce optionality because it can better support interoperable health information exchanges and can reduce vendors’ costs.
Some of the initiatives that have reduced HIE optionality include the following:
1. The Transitions of Care initiative has clarified the implementation specification of the consolidated clinical document architecture HL7 standard.
2. The Lab Results Interface initiative has created a single lab result specification.
3. The Modular Specifications project has developed two ways to transport information.
4. The Health IT Standards Committee recommended a single standard for public health reporting.
5. The Clinical Quality Measures Workgroup and Vocabulary Task Force recommended a single vocabulary for each of the administrative, clinical, laboratory and medications domains.
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