Development, implementation, and initial evaluation of a foundational open interoperability standard for oncology treatment planning and summarization.

CONCLUSION: eCOTPS is the first oncology-specific CDA standard to achieve HL7 DSTU status. Oncology standards will improve care throughout the cancer journey by allowing the efficient transmission of reliable, meaningful, and current clinical data between the many involved stakeholders. PMID: 25604811 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - January 20, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Warner JL, Maddux SE, Hughes KS, Krauss JC, Yu PP, Shulman LN, Mayer DK, Hogarth M, Shafarman M, Stover Fiscalini A, Esserman L, Alschuler L, Koromia GA, Gonzaga Z, Ambinder EP Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: research