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- Title
Utilizing Standard Data Transactions and Public-Private Partnerships to Support Healthy Weight Within the Community.
- Authors
Mikles, Sean P.; Wiltz, Jennifer L.; Reed-Fourquet, Lori; Painter, Ian S.; Lober, William B.
- Abstract
Context: Obesity is a significant health issue in the United States that both clinical and public health systems struggle to address. Electronic health record data could help support multi-sectoral interventions to address obesity. Standards have been identified and created to support the electronic exchange of weight-related data across many stakeholder groups. Case Description: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention initiated a public-private partnership including government, industry, and academic technology partners to develop workflow scenarios and supporting systems to exchange weight-related data through standard transactions. This partnership tested the transmission of data using this newly-defined Healthy Weight (HW) profile at multiple health data interoperability demonstration events. Findings: Five transaction types were tested by 12 partners who demonstrated how the standards and related systems support end-to-end workflows around managing weight-related issues in the community. The standard transactions were successfully tested at two Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Connectathon events through 86 validated tests encompassing 38 multi-partner transactions. Discussion: We have successfully demonstrated the transactions defined in the HW profile with a public-private partnership. These tested IT products and HW standards could be used to support a continuum of care around health related issues encompassing both health care and public health functions. Conclusion: The use of the HW profile, including a set of transactions and identified standards to implement those transactions, in IT products is a helpful first step in leveraging health information technology to address weight-related issues in the United States. Future work is needed to expand the use of these standards and to assess their use in real world settings.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.); PUBLIC-private sector cooperation; OVERWEIGHT children; COMMUNITIES; HEALTH information technology; ELECTRONIC health records; DATA transmission systems
- Publication
eGEMS (Generating Evidence & Methods to Improve Patient Outcomes), 2017, Vol 5, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2327-9214
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5334/egems.242