HL7 ANESTHESIOLOGY & PERI-OPERATIVE CARE DATA
STANDARDS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
Vision
Anesthesiologists and other healthcare professionals involved in peri-operative patient care will
use clinical information systems that meet the healthcare needs of patients and which provide
timely and accurate information both at the acute point of care and elsewhere.
Mission
This group supports the HL7 mission to create and promote IT standards by defining perioperative data standards pertinent to anesthesiology that enhance anesthesia and national perioperative performance measurement. This will be accomplished by:
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Promoting and developing anesthetic specificity in data standards
Augmenting the HL7 model for continuous quality improvement in anesthetic patient care
Serving as model for representing specialty interests in HL7
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Work Products and Contributions to HL7 Processes
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Identify critical data standards specific to anesthesiology necessary for standardized quality
and outcomes reporting and measuring
Identify and promote required terminology to support reporting and measurement
Identify and promote requirements for a standardized anesthesia record to facilitate
exchange and aggregation of peri-operative data
Coordinate and cooperate with other groups interested in using anesthesia data standards
Enable and promote use of these standards nationally and internationally
Identify appropriate anesthesia constraints against existing HL7 artifacts.
Formal Relationships with Other HL7 Groups
This SIG will be sponsored by the Patient Care Committee. It will work closely with Medical
Records TC and EHR TC. Other relationships are expected to develop as the needs of the SIG
expand, particularly Structured Documents.
Formal Relationships with Groups Outside of HL7
This SIG will include representation from the existing International Organization for Terminology
in Anesthesia (IOTA), the Anesthetic Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Data Dictionary Task
Force (DDTF) and will work with other groups interested in anesthesia and peri-operative data
standards and performance measurement. These liaisons will be with the approval of the HL7
Board in accordance with Policy and Procedures.
Initial co-chairs:
Martin Hurrell, Ph.D.
Terri G. Monk, M.D.
Sponsoring Board Member: Ed Hammond
Date of Last Revision: March 21, 2005
Signatures:
Ed Hammond
Bob Dolin
Dan Russler
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