CDISC, HIMSS work to link patient care with clinical research

Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) and HIMSS, in partnership with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), are joining forces to solve the challenge of assessing and reusing EHR data for research purposes within a single workflow.

 

The goal will enable providers to “fully realize the important link between clinical research and patient care, paving the way for a learning health system,” according to a release.

 

CDISC has partnered with IHE on standards development, and has demonstrated interoperability capabilities at the HIMSS Interoperability Showcases. CDISC also has collaborated with IHE to develop ­­­nine IHE integration profiles for clinical research through the CDISC Healthcare Link Initiative.

 

Under the new Memorandum of Understanding, HIMSS and CDISC will launch additional activities focused on improving workflow, so clinicians can conduct prospective medical research using EHRs. Also, HIMSS will encourage the use of CDISC standards and EHR data for clinical research, and CDISC will support HIMSS strategic initiatives for advancing interoperability standards to achieve health IT integration. 

 

The two organizations will develop and disseminate information and standards documentation on the role of IHE profiles and CDISC standards in advancing clinical research, according to a release.

 

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