What Is Ccd Data

The Continuity of Care Document (CCD) is built using HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) elements and contains data that is defined by the ASTM Continuity of Care Record (CCR). It is used to share summary information about the patient within the broader context of the personal health record.

What is a CCD form?

The Continuity of Care Document (CCD) specification is an XML-based markup standard intended to specify the encoding, structure, and semantics of a patient summary clinical document for exchange.

What is the difference between CCD and CDA?

CCD stands for Continuity of Care Document and is based on the HL7 CDA architecture, said Brull. CDA, or Clinical Document Architecture, is a “document standard,” governed by the HL7 organization. … The document standards for HL7 v3 is CDA, and one of the documents within the CDA architecture is CCD.”

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