Narrative patient data relevant to the context identified by note types.

Data Element
Telehealth note
Description

Documentation of a clinical encounter that takes place via telehealth.
Submitted By: Swapna Abhyankar / Regenstrief Institute, LOINC Document Ontology Subcommittee
Data Element Information
Rationale for Separate Consideration This data element has some overlap with other existing and proposed Clinical Notes data elements because Telehealth is a setting versus a type of service (Consultation, History & Physical, Discharge Summary, Transfer Summary, etc.). For example, Telehealth consultation notes span the “Consultation Note” and “Telehealth Note” data elements. However, we feel it is important to specify this particular setting because the vast majority of LOINC terms representing telehealth notes aren’t captured in the data elements that represent particular types of service and in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical care provided by telehealth has become increasingly important.
Use Case Description(s)
Use Case Description The set of proposed data elements are complementary to the existing Clinical Notes data elements in USCDI v1 and together, they better represent the broad scope of clinical documentation that occurs each day in the U.S. Healthcare system.
Estimate the breadth of applicability of the use case(s) for this data element These data elements are broadly used every day across healthcare systems, settings, and specialties and would be used by a large proportion of USCDI stakeholders.
Healthcare Aims
  • Improving patient experience of care (quality and/or satisfaction)
  • Reducing the cost of care
  • Improving provider experience of care
Maturity of Use and Technical Specifications for Data Element
Applicable Standard(s) LOINC.
We recommend adding the new data elements with a LOINC term representing the most generic term for that particular data element, along with information about how to access the value set of more specific LOINC terms available for each note type. The Regenstrief LOINC team can provide FHIR ValueSets with associated OIDs and/or webpages with downloadable content for each note type. Both of these resources would include the same set of LOINC terms. These resources do not exist yet but can easily be created if approved as additions to the USCDI. The benefit of hosting these resources on the LOINC website or providing them via LOINC FHIR terminology services compared to VSAC or other value set repositories is that the resources will be updated automatically with every LOINC release and would not require a separate process.
https://loinc.org
Additional Specifications There are HL7 C-CDA implementation guides for several of these data elements (Transfer summary, Plan of care, Referral note). In addition, the FHIR DocumentReference and other resources across versions, including the US Core, utilize these data elements.
Current Use Extensively used in production environments
Supporting Artifacts These data elements are broadly used every day across healthcare systems, settings, and specialties and would be used by a large proportion of USCDI stakeholders.
Extent of exchange 5 or more. This data element has been tested at scale between multiple different production environments to support the majority of anticipated stakeholders.
Supporting Artifacts These data elements are broadly used every day across healthcare systems, settings, and specialties and would be used by a large proportion of USCDI stakeholders.
Potential Challenges
Restrictions on Standardization (e.g. proprietary code) None
Restrictions on Use (e.g. licensing, user fees) None
Privacy and Security Concerns None
Estimate of Overall Burden Minimal - already being used
ONC Evaluation Details
Each submitted Data Element has been evaluated based on the following criteria. The overall Level classification is a composite of the maturity based on these individual criteria. This information can be used to identify areas that require additional work to raise the overall classification level and consideration for inclusion in future versions of USCDI
Criterion #1
Maturity - Current Standards		 Level 2 - Data element is represented by a terminology standard or SDO-balloted technical specification or implementation guide.
Criterion #2
Maturity - Current Use 		Level 2 - Data element is captured, stored, or accessed in multiple production EHRs or other HIT modules from more than one developer.
Criterion #3
Maturity - Current Exchange		 Level 2 - Data element is electronically exchanged between more than two production EHRs or other HIT modules of different developers using available interoperability standards.
Criterion #4
Use Case(s) - Breadth of Applicability		 Level 2 - Use cases apply to most care settings or specialties.

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