Combine CCD from Multiple sources

Question

We have a situation where we will get CCDs, Discharge summaries, Progress notes etc. from various different locations that the individual has visited over the years. While each of these documents will have consolidated information from that location, we have still to combine these multiple documents and display as a single document removing duplicate information. Please check the article: https://academic.oup.com/jamia/article/23/2/317/2572401 where a base outline is mentioned.

Is there a way this can be achieved in Qvera? If so, can someone please guide me to chalk this out.

Thanks and Regards,

Aritra

Answer 1

The Qvera Interface Engine does not have an automated way of consolidating CDA documents but can be configured to do so.

You would need a back-end database to store the inbound data and to create the Consolidated CDA.

An example of how you would do this would be to cycle each section of the inbound CDA (eg Problems, Meds, Allergies) and for each item found to check the back-end database to see if that item already exists for that patient. If it does not exist you would add it to the database for that patient. Once all items have been processed from all inbound CDA documents you would then have a consolidated view of all the data across all CDA documents in your database.