Logo

ASTM E2184-02

Current Revision

Standard Specification for Healthcare Document Formats (Withdrawn 2011)

$83.00

$83.00

$149.40


Sub Total (1 Item(s))

$ 0.00

Estimated Shipping

$ 0.00

Total (Pre-Tax)

$ 0.00


Stay effortlessly up-to-date with the latest standard revisions. When new versions are released, they're automatically charged and delivered to you, ensuring seamless compliance.

...

1.1 This specification addresses requirements for the headings, arrangement, and appearance of sections and subsections when used within an individual's healthcare documents. This specification will facilitate identification and retrieval of health information in a manner that will enhance the quality and efficiency of health services. Use of this specification in conjunction with XML DTDs (extensible markup language document type definitions) and the EHR (electronic health records) would further enhance efficiency in time and cost. This specification applies across multiple healthcare settings in which healthcare documents are generated, such as hospitals, clinics, skilled nursing facilities, ambulatory care facilities, outpatient surgery centers, and private healthcare providers' offices.

1.2 This specification addresses the headings, arrangement, and appearance of sections and subsections of healthcare documents, however generated (dictation/transcription, speech recognition, touch-screen entry, and so forth) and whether displayed electronically or on paper. It does not address the titles of healthcare documents or the content of sections and subsections.

1.2.1 The author of a healthcare document may choose to summarize subsection information within a general section rather than creating subsections.

1.3 The format and content of patient-identifying data are addressed in Guide E 1384.

1.4 Issues of confidentiality and security are addressed in Guide E 1869, Guide E 1902, Guide E 1762, Guide E 1985, Guide E 1986, Guide E 1987, Guide E 1988, Specification E 2084, Guide E 2085, and Guide E 2086, as well as in Specification E 2147.

1.5 Issues of XML DTDs are addressed in Specification E 2182 and Guide E 2183.


This specification addresses requirements for the headings, arrangement, and appearance of sections and subsections when used within an individual's healthcare documents. This specification will facilitate identification and retrieval of health information in a manner that will enhance the quality and efficiency of health services. Use of this specification in conjunction with XML DTDs (extensible markup language document type definitions) and the EHR (electronic health records) would further enhance efficiency in time and cost. In addition, this specification applies across multiple healthcare settings in which healthcare documents are generated, such as hospitals, clinics, skilled nursing facilities, ambulatory care facilities, outpatient surgery centers, and private healthcare providers' offices. The author of a healthcare document may choose to summarize subsection information within a general section rather than creating subsections.


SDO ASTM: ASTM International
Document Number E2184
Publication Date Jan. 10, 2002
Language en - English
Page Count 10
Revision Level 02
Supercedes
Committee E31.15
Publish Date Document Id Type View
Jan. 10, 2002 E2184-02 Revision