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ANSI/ADA 1000 STANDARD CLINICAL DATA ARCHITECTURE |
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How to obtain the Specification, Implementation Guide, and other publications.
What Health Data Interoperability Really Means
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The ANSI/ADA 1000 is the first and only American National Standard
specifically addressing the data layer of clinical systems. It is
best used with a model-driven architecture where the standard and its
logical data model provide a blueprint for the design of clinical
databases, data repositories, and data structures supporting other
applications like clinical data warehouses. In this model-driven
approach, a system developer modifies the logical data model to meet
their own specific functional requirements, and converts this design
into the system's database. This database fully supports the
designed functional requirements while providing data-level
interoperability with other systems similarly developed. This
benefits system developers by enabling more efficient and economical
development while substantially reducing risk of failure. The Specification presents the clinical data architecture as a set of subject areas. These subject areas organize data components in functionally oriented clusters that coincide with key areas of the supporting clinical activity model. Developers can select from these subject areas or specific data components from the entire model as they find appropriate for their own system needs. Developers and other interested parties can easily obtain additional information and copies of the Specification, and the soon to be published Implementation Guide and Consumer's Guides, from the American Dental Association. Contact: Paul Bralower, ADA Department of Standards Administration, at 1-800-621-8099 or 1-312-440-2509 eMail: bralowerp@ada.org
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