At yesterday's Health 2.0 conference, Farzad Mostashari asked why SMART isn't using CCD export (as specified by Meaningful Use) to extract data from EMR systems. This is a great question, in part because it separates out two important aspects of SMART:
- Getting data out of today's EHRs
- Presenting those data to apps in a natural, convenient, developer-friendly way. -- and focuses on #1. (I don't think many would argue that CCD is fit for #2. And to be clear: for developers building a SMART app, the details of #1 are almost irrelevant. SMART app developers get one clear-cut API to work with, and consistent SMART data elements)
Well! ONC is certainly headed in the right direction by requiring more specific, demanding export formats as part of meaningful use. Having a baseline level of consistently structured data is the right aspiration! And MU s