Patient+Discovery+Guidance

General questions about Nationwide Health Information Network and other ONC activities should be directed to the ONC website
 * The purpose of this page is to gather implementer feedback and questions from Nationwide Health Information Network Specification Implementers.**


 * Feedback Process**
 * 1) Use the Discussion tab at the top of this page to pose a question or to leave feedback
 * 2) Posts to the Discussion tab will be regularly monitored by Nationwide Health Information Network staff and Spec Factory members. Those which are selected as issues to be addressed by a Subject Matter Expert will be added to the table below.
 * 3) Issue research and discussion will be maintained on a seperate page
 * 4) Resolutions to issues will be added to FAQs, Implementation Guidance, or the Specification document as appropriate.

This following table contains a list of questions or issues which have been accepted for resolution by Nationwide Health Information Network Specification subject matter experts. Each entry will have an associated Research/Discussion page. Once a question has been answered or an issue resolved, the resulting guidance will be provided on a Resolution page and may eventually be added to the associated Nationwide Health Information Network Specification document.


 * **Issue or Question** || **Research and Discussion** || **Resolution** ||
 * Address complexity of implementing current Nationwide Health Information Network approach to asynchronous messaging based on implementer (CONNECT) feedback || In-Progress || Proposed Changes to Patient Discovery Specification ||
 * Clarification needed regarding the optionality and format of LivingSubjectID in Patient Discovery || In-Progress ||  ||