2009-10-22
ASH has commented on the proposed
Oncology EHR Requirements developed by the National
Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information
Technology (CBIIT), the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the
National Community Cancer Centers Program (NCCCP).
ASH agrees with the value, purpose and imperative to
generate a consensus-driven, common requirements framework for oncology EHR
applications and shared these key points:
- These requirements
would be applicable to malignant hematology with minimal adaptation
- With some adaption, these
requirements could apply to non-malignant
hematology and ASH could be interested in working on such an effort
- The Oncology EHR requirements
document should more explicitly describe requirements for patient education
- General concern regarding the
cost of implementing EHRs in the community practice environment
- Recognition that interoperability
of EHR applications is essential.
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