What You Should Know:
– The Sequoia Project, a leader in promoting nationwide health IT interoperability, has partnered with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) to launch a groundbreaking data usability validator tool.
– The new validator tool aims to significantly improve the quality and usability of health information exchanged across the United States.
Data Usability Taking Root Movement Gains Momentum
This initiative is part of the “Data Usability Taking Root” movement, which encourages organizations to adopt The Sequoia Project’s Data Usability Implementation Guide Version 1. This guide outlines best practices for ensuring health information is accurate, complete, and easily understood by all healthcare stakeholders. Organizations committed to implementing this guide can now subscribe to the first-of-its-kind data usability validator tool.
Benefits of Data Usability Validator Tool
The data usability validator tool offers a multitude of benefits:
Improved Data Quality and Usability: The tool helps organizations ensure their health information exchanges adhere to the Data Usability Implementation Guide Version 1, leading to more accurate, complete, and readily interpretable data.
Enhanced Testing Services: The tool complements existing testing services offered by The Sequoia Project, providing a comprehensive approach to health information exchange quality.
Sequoia Project’s Longstanding Commitment to Data Quality
The Sequoia Project has been a champion of data quality since 2018. Their efforts include supporting content testing programs and providing valuable feedback to HL7®, the organization responsible for the Continuity of Care Document (CCD) standard, to continuously improve data quality.
