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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) responded favorably to the CAP’s advocacy and has included the CAP’s advice in the next iteration of the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) standard.
The ONC created the USCDI standard, which it adopted in its implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act. The USCDI standard defines how health care data must be formatted to be exchanged electronically nationwide. The CAP asked the ONC how the USCDI standard could achieve its goal without overburdening pathologists and laboratories.
The CAP advocated to align the USCDI with the testing reporting requirements in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA). Specifically, the CAP stated that CLIA requirements are required for clinical laboratories. Those elements will consequently achieve the USCDI’s goal of developing a foundation for the nationwide electronic sharing and reporting of laboratory information to support patient care. Moreover, aligning the USCDI with CLIA requirements will avoid contradictory or duplicative and burdensome reporting requirements for pathologists and laboratories. As a result of the CAP’s advocacy, the ONC agreed and will align the USCDI more with CLIA in future iterations.