ANSI Seeks Funding to Ensure that Electronic Health Records Will Support Clinical Research Activities
Posted on: Friday, 13 February 2009, 10:29 CST
Twenty-seven leading organizations from the clinical research community have already pledged support
"We are faced with an important opportunity to ensure that clinical research needs are addressed in the work that is done to harmonize EHR standards," said
ANSI is pleased to announce that twenty-seven organizations have already stepped forward with contributions in support of the effort, including:
- Abbott
- Biogen Idec
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Cleveland Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative at
Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland Clinic
- MetroHealth System
- University Hospitals
- Critical Path Institute
- Digital Infuzion
Duke University - Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Duke Clinical Research Institute
- Genetic Alliance
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Greenway Medical Technologies
- HP
- JSS Medical Research Inc.
- McDougall Scientific Ltd.
- Medidata Solutions Worldwide
- MedXview
- Nextrials, Inc.
- Numoda Corporation
- Outcome
- Partners HealthCare
- PharmaNet Development Group, Inc.
- Pfizer
- Phoenix Data Systems, a division of Bio-Imaging Technologies
- Quintiles
- Target Health Inc.
The initiative began late last year when the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requested that ANSI convene a workgroup of experts to prioritize a value/use case for standards harmonization in this area. Co-chairs Dr.
In addition to the contributions from the clinical research community, six U.S. federal agencies have demonstrated their support through contributions to development of the workgroup's value/use case document; these agencies include the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Cancer Institute, the National Center for Research Resources, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services.
With the initial priority value case identified, harmonization efforts will be undertaken by the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP), a cross-sector initiative that is administered by ANSI. If sufficient funds are raised, HITSP will convene a workgroup of technical experts and stakeholders in the clinical research space to work through the Interoperability Specification (IS) development process, ultimately producing a document that outlines the standards, how they support clinical research, and how they fit with existing HITSP IS that are already recognized for EHR use in the clinical care environment.
Stakeholders in the clinical research community can expect the value case to result in an increased return on the investment of their research dollar, greater reliability and efficiency of clinical data interchange, greater numbers of clinicians and patients participating in research, and enhanced usability of this highly valuable patient information.
"The clinical research community must have a voice in the development of EHRs to ensure that globally accepted clinical research standards are recognized, leveraged, and included in the harmonization process," said Dr. Kush. "We are deeply appreciative of the many organizations who have already committed their support to this initiative, but another
Interested parties are asked to offer their commitment of funds before
ANSI is a private non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance U.S. global competitiveness and the American quality of life by promoting, facilitating, and safeguarding the integrity of the voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system. Its membership is comprised of businesses, professional societies and trade associations, standards developers, government agencies, and consumer and labor organizations. The Institute represents the diverse interests of more than 125,000 companies and organizations and 3.5 million professionals worldwide.
The Institute is the official U.S. representative to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and, via the U.S. National Committee, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and is a U.S. representative to the International Accreditation Forum (IAF). ANSI currently has offices in
Operating under contract to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the HITSP is administered by ANSI in cooperation with strategic partners including the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the
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