Application of Portable CDA for Secure Clinical-document Exchange
Journal
Journal of Medical Systems
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
4
Pages
531-539
Date Issued
2010-08
Author(s)
Huang, Kuo-Hsuan
Hsieh, Sung-Huai
Chang, Yuan-Jen
Lai, Feipei
Hsieh, Sheau-Ling
Lee, Hsiu-Hui
Abstract
Health Level Seven (HL7) organization published the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) for exchanging documents among heterogeneous systems and improving medical quality based on the design method in CDA. In practice, although the HL7 organization tried to make medical messages exchangeable, it is still hard to exchange medical messages. There are many issues when two hospitals want to exchange clinical documents, such as patient privacy, network security, budget, and the strategies of the hospital. In this article, we propose a method for the exchange and sharing of clinical documents in an offline model based on the CDA-the Portable CDA. This allows the physician to retrieve the patient's medical record stored in a portal device, but not through the Internet in real time. The security and privacy of CDA data will also be considered. ? 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
Subjects
Clinical document architecture; Health level seven; Information protection; Privacy
Other Subjects
article; data analysis; health level 7; health service; human; medical documentation; medical record; computer program; confidentiality; data storage device; devices; hospital information system; information dissemination; information retrieval; information system; microcomputer; procedures; Computer Storage Devices; Computers, Handheld; Confidentiality; Health Level Seven; Hospital Information Systems; Humans; Information Dissemination; Information Management; Information Storage and Retrieval; Software; Computer Storage Devices; Computers, Handheld; Confidentiality; Health Level Seven; Hospital Information Systems; Humans; Information Dissemination; Information Management; Information Storage and Retrieval; Software
Type
journal article