Information on a person who participates or is expected to participate in the care of a patient.

Data Element
Proxy Decision Maker
Description

Individual designated by the patient to make healthcare decisions for the patient in the event the patient is unable.
Submitted By: Holly Miller, MD / MedAllies
Data Element Information
Use Case Description(s)
Use Case Description A critical member of the care team is the patient designated proxy decision maker.
Estimate the breadth of applicability of the use case(s) for this data element This data class pertains to most or all patients, providers or requestors.
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) N/A
Additional Specifications N/A
Current Use This data element has been used at scale between multiple different production environments to support the majority of anticipated stakeholders
Extent of exchange N/A
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 Needs to be added to a standard such that it can be captured in a discreet data field.
Other Implementation Challenges None. Currently this is captured on forms and as free text.
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 0 - Data element is not 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 1 - Data element is electronically exchanged between two production EHRs or other HIT modules 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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