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Health Domain Workgroup:
The goal of the Health Domain Workgroup is to: Develop specifications to address information exchanges required for workflows associated with specific healthcare domains, such as clinical care, public health, pharmacy and others


 * This workgroup will have the following domains:**

**__Continuity of care between providers,__** which includes meaningful use provisions associated with:

 · Summary of care for each transition of care and referral  · Capability to exchange key clinical information (coordination)  · Retrieval of lab results

**__Consumer Empowerment,__** which includes meaningful use provisions associated with:

 · Provide patients a copy of their electronic health information  · Timely electronic access/ clinical summaries for each visit

**__Pharmacy information exchanges,__** which includes meaningful use provisions associated with:

 · E-prescribing  · Medication history

**__Public Health__**, which includes meaningful use provisions associated with:

 · Submit data to immunization registries  · Submit reportable lab results to public health agencies  · Provide electronic syndrome surveillance

**__Quality Reporting__**, which includes meaningful use provisions associated with:

 · Submit quality reports

**__Healthcare Claims and Administration__**, which would focus on CMS requirements to implement X12-based administrative transactions over the [|Nationwide Health Information Network]

Infrastructure Workgroups:
The Infrastructure Group will address needs that apply across multiple health domains. This group supports the MU provisions through ensuring adequate security and privacy protections within the [|Nationwide Health Information Network], addressing inferred infrastructure requirements described previously and facilitating better coordination of care across health domains.

** Specific focus areas include: ** **Location services**, which would include:

 · Provider location services  · Current NHIE service registry  · Patient discovery services

**Document exchange**, which includes:

· Document query and retrieval · Document submission · Document publish and subscribe

**Messaging Infrastructure**, which may include derived requirements:

· Message addressing and routing

**Security and Privacy**, which includes meaningful use provisions associated with:

 · Adequate security and privacy <span style="display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo8; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Best practices and vulnerabilities

Spec Factory Team:
The overall Specifications Factory team would meet regularly to focus on the following specifications development responsibilities: <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Coordination of activities across the Health Domain and Infrastructure workgroups <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Address issues associated with the specifications by implementers <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Coordinate specifications development with other ONC OIS Standards and Interoperability Framework initiatives <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Assign incoming work to the Health Domain and Infrastructure workgroups <span style="display: block; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Review specifications developed by the Health Domain and Infrastructure workgroups