Does this new standard compete with other, similar standards for interoperability, or is it compatible with messaging standards like HL7?
There is nothing quite like the ASTM CCR. It does not compete with HL7 or NCPDP or any of the existing standards, in large part because the ASTM CCR standard is all about clinical content rather than message format, and it can accommodate itself with messaging standards, such as HL7 and the HL7-CDA. It is quite likely that the ASTM CCR standard will perform and be useful both in a simple stand-alone version, and as a document within the more complex CDA. The process of working through how the ASTM CCR standard and a more universal interoperability standard for messaging health care documents, possibly the HL7-CDA, work together is known as “harmonization.” The two organizations, ASTM International and Health Level Seven (HL7) have signed a memorandum of understanding committing both organizations to this process.
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