LTPAC+WG+Roadmap

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LTPAC Workgroup Introduction
As a result of the high-number of patients receiving long-term and post-acute care each year, there is a compelling need to advance and improve information exchanges between LTPAC providers. Transitions of care between providers of care, patients, vendors and authorized entities will need to reflect key clinical information that are applicable to the CIM in terms of which specific types of information are exchanged electronically. For this purpose, the Long-Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) Workgroup (WG) has been created to mitigate the risk of potential gaps within the S&I TOC work streams in standards needed to support HIE on behalf of potential stakeholders including nursing home and home health patients. Additionally, post-acute and long-term care providers are a vital part of the healthcare system, but have not been included to date in federal incentives to promote adoption of health information technology and electronic exchange in care transitions.

Over the next few months, the workgroup will conducted weekly meetings aimed to develop guidance for care transitions across a set of LTPAC use cases and will support the development of additional care transition documents based off the LTPAC communities most compelling exchange needs. The LTPAC Roadmap, available in the "Works in Progress" below, provides a high-level overview of the following objectives.


 * Develop Use Cases that include clinical workflows and information exchanges
 * Define the key clinical information required in every LTPAC care transition
 * Collaborate with TOC Initiative workgroups to create an implementation path forward for the LTPAC community that utilizes Consolidated CDA Guide
 * Develop an information exchange profile (LTPAC Exchange Profile) that reflects the unique aspects and needs for EHR systems in the LTC setting as well as an expansion of the scope of the meaningful use definition to include exchange of TOC documents with providers
 * Develop certification requirements for EHR & LTPAC vendors in anticipation of LTPAC pilots

Our hope is to allow the LTPAC stakeholders unrestricted access to interoperable of health IT and EHRs through the support of tools, reference documents and updated MU guidelines. The use cases can provide a solid starting point for engagement with LTPAC community.

Works in Progress

 * = **Name** ||= **Description** ||= **Owner** ||= **Date** ||
 * [|LTPAC Roadmap Version 1.0] || High-level overview of outcomes and tasks || Harmonization Team || 10-05-2011 ||
 * [|LTPAC Roadmap Version 1.1] || Jennie Harvell revised content and added comments that need to be reviewed by the WG || Jennie Harvell || 10-07-2011 ||
 * [|LTPAC Roadmap Version 1.2] || Contains edits captured during 10/13 WG Meeting || Harmonization Team || 10-13-2011 ||
 * [|LTPAC Roadmap Version 1.3] || Edits made in response to comments captured during 10/13 Meeting || Harmonization Team || 10-19-2011 ||

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