ONC releases USCDI Version 5 to drive interoperability
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Contributed by: Sarah Richardson
Summary
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has released the final version of United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 5 (USCDI v5), accompanied by a new standards bulletin. The updated USCDI includes standardized data elements for health information exchange, reflecting over 330 comments and 60 new element submissions received from July to September 2023. New data classes, Observations and Orders, have been introduced, featuring elements like Advance Directive Observation and Sex Parameter for Clinical Use (SPCU). The Orders data class now encompasses elements for Medication, Laboratory, Diagnostic Imaging, Clinical Test, and Procedure orders. Updates were also made to existing data classes, adding elements in Clinical Notes, Patient Demographics/Information, Provenance, Immunizations, and Medications, aiming to enhance the clarity and utility of these data standards.
