xml-dev - Re: XML patient record

[Rachael Sokolowski <rsokolowski@magnoliatech.com>]

Greetings,

Currently, no complete XML exists for patient records, but some efforts are
underway. One is under ASTM,  E31, subcommittee 25, which is developing DTDs
for health care documents. In October of 1999 we held a joint meeting with the
Massachusetts Medical Society and developed draft DTDs for prescriptions,
discharge summaries, encounter notes, operative reports, diagnostic imaging
reports and the HCFA 1500 form for Medicare reimbursements. We are actively
seeking submissions to further the DTD development. www.astm.org.

A second effort is underway in HL7, Health Level 7 which is creating a patient
record architecture for exchange of clinical documents. www.hl7.org

The  two efforts are working together and I co-chair both activities.

I'd be happy to provide further information.

Regards,

Rachael

Dongwook Shin wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is there anybody who owns or knows patient record in XML
> that can be open to public for testing purpose?
>
> In this society, it is hard to get appropriate XML collections for
> benchmarking purpose. The conformance test suite in XML.org
> contains too short and artificial documents. And the famous (?)
> Shakespeare and Bible collections do not have any attribute.
>
> In this sense, the XML data in Nasa adc center is one of the
> best I have every seen. It's DTD is fairly complicated and has
> all the entities (http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/xml/).
>
> Unfortunately, I am now writing a paper and planning to submit it
> to a medical conference. The NASA data may bot be appealing to
> them. So, I appreciate if any of you let me know the "real-level"
> patient record that can be open to public. A collection conforming
> to HL7 XML DTD would be better.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Dongwook
>
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Rachael Sokolowski
Magnolia Technologies
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Co-chair, ASTM E31.25 XML DTDs for Health Care
Co-chair, HL7 XML Technical Committee



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