LRI+-+Preface+and+Introduction

include component="page" wikiName="siframework" page="LRI Header" =1.0 Preface and Introduction= To fully realize the benefits of health IT, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), as part of the Standards and Interoperability (S&I) Framework is developing Use Cases that define the interoperability requirements for high priority health care data exchange to maximize efficiency, encourage rapid learning and protect patients’ privacy in an interoperable environment. These Use Cases address the requirements of a broad range of Communities of Interests including, patients, providers, vendors, laboratories, standards organizations, public health organizations and Federal agencies.

These Use Cases describe:
 * The operational context for the data exchange
 * The stakeholders with an interest in the Use Case
 * The information flows that must be supported by the data exchange
 * The types of data required in the data exchange

The Use Case is the foundation for identifying and specifying the standards required to support the data exchange and developing reference implementations and tools to ensure consistent and reliable adoption of the data exchange standards.

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