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IHIC2009 “Show me Your CDA!” HL7 CDA Interoperability Forum : The winners

In IHIC2009, Showme Your CDA! addressed to a larger extend tools and methodology as well as sustainable long term use of HL7 CDA.

All the presented HL7 CDA case studies were rated by the participants from 1 (best) – 5 (Worst) on the following five criteria: 

· Vision – is this part of a project strategy with future enhancements (potential growth)?

· Clarity – How well has this CDA study been presented?

· Maturity – how well has technical/programming aspect been dealt with?

· Novelty - does it contain new ideas, e.g. new workflows, input for CDA release 3, etc.

· Interoperability - How to you rate the interoperability of this CDA case study?

· Reference case - Would you recommend this CDA implementation project to others?

The winners were selected based on the average evaluation score sheets provided by the participants of the Showme your CDA! session in IHIC2009.

There turned out to be quite a competition for the first places.

First Place

The first place was shared between:

· R. Geimer (“Show me your CDA: Multi-stage Validation”) from Alschuler Associates and HL7 (US), who presented a methodology for Multi-stage validation of CDA documents.

· A. Mense & S. Sabutsch (“An implementation guide for CDA laboratory Reports in the Austrian Electronic Health Record” ) from HL7 Austria.

This case study received the Best score for maturity and vision.

Second Place

The second place went to Diego Kaminker and Fernando Campos (“Structured Report Editor for the HIBA Multimedia EHR”) from HL7 Argentina

This case study received the Best score for novelty and Reference Case.

3rd place

The third place went to B. Marquard (“CDA Development Using Templates”) from Alschuler Associates and HL7 (US)

This case study received the Best score for Interoperability, Clarity and Reference Case.