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- ONC Accepts CAP’s Suggestions for Next Version of Interoperability Data Standard
On July 20, 2023, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) finalized version 4 of the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI). The USCDI standard, which the ONC adopted in the 21st Century Cures Act defines how health care data must be formatted to be exchanged electronically nationwide. The USCDI standard enables the same health care data to be understood across different institutions. Data sharing through widely accepted standards is critical to ensure that health information is available and comprehensible across care settings for use in patient care, public health, and emergency (eg, pandemic) preparedness and response.
On April 17, 2023, the CAP sent a comment letter on this issue to the ONC, which is tasked with promoting the use of the most advanced health information technology and the electronic exchange of health information. In its advocacy to the ONC, the CAP issued suggestions on how it could improve the fourth version of the USCDI standard. The CAP’s positioning on the USCDI is that the ONC should align the USCDI with the test reporting requirements in CLIA, and that the ONC should seek to achieve its goal with USCDI without overburdening pathologists and laboratories.
Read more about version 4 of the United States Core Data for Interoperability.