Transcript The Development of a Data Standard for Virtual Patients Rachel

Professional Profile Working Group
®
Michael Zarski, Chair
[email protected]
Healthcare Professional
Profile
Status: Final Public Review
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The opportunity
The exchange of data about healthcare
professionals is essential to protecting
public safety and enabling the practice and
education of healthcare professionals. Yet
often the organizations that collect and
maintain data about healthcare
professionals have difficulty in integrating
data from multiple sources effectively and
efficiently. Standards are essential to
facilitate data integration and credentialing.
http://www.medbiq.org/working_groups/
professional_profile/index.html
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A standards-based approach
The Healthcare Professional Profile
technology standard allows data collectors
to keep their data up-to-date more quickly
and effectively. Validation of XML files
makes data “cleaner” and speeds
development of information systems. The
XML format can also be used for
credentialing Web services, potentially
aggregating data from several umbrella
organizations. The standard allows
licensing boards, certifying boards,
education certifiers, and research
databases to use a common language for
data exchange within their own domains
and with one another.
The Healthcare Professional Profile has
already been implemented to great benefit.
The American Board of Medical Specialties
and the American Osteopathic Association
both use the standard for data collection
and credentialing. The ABMS credentialing
service has been used to support
emergency verification of volunteers for
hurricane disaster relief efforts.
References if necessary
Specifications and schemas are available
for Professional Profile, Name, and
Address.
An umbrella organization collecting profile data from partner organizations and
providing credentialing services using the professional profile; a direct credentialing
query to an organization with primary source verified data
Working Group Members
• Archana Aida
• Skip Bartolanzo
• Tom Brantigan
• David Hooper
• Annette Van Veen Gippe
• Jim Jahrling
• Donald Jones
• Paul Jolly
• Laura Martin
• Joseph O'Connor
• Monica Quiroz
• Kelly Reddick
• Pam Shellner
• Cyndi Streun
• Howard Tanzman
• Todd Tischendorf
• Toby Vandermark
Where Next?
After public review of the specification, it
will be submitted to ANSI as a candidate
American National Standard. The working
group is developing implementation
guidelines to facilitate adoption. The
Healthcare Professional Profile is also a
key part of the Activity Report and identity
resolution web services. Web services
descriptions are available for those
interested in automating profile exchange.
A summary of the data captured in the professional profile
www.medbiq.org