Case Report Forms are the primary channel for capturing information in the healthcare and clinical domain. Forms also play a key role in information exchange and are critical to supporting interoperability in healthcare.
A form differs from a document, in that a document is used to capture information, while a form defines skip patterns, validation rules, and other aspects required to capture or render information for a document.
A document in this context is specifically a clinical document which represents information about a clinical activity. The document contains the specific information gained during that clinical activity and supports the broader definitions of a document. Documents can be transformed into human readable forms, and be transferred or transmitted for use across different systems.
The key forms capabilities include:
- Tools and services for defining form templates
- Ability to leverage models and reusable segments for defining these forms
- User friendly tools that hide the complexity of the underlying semantics The capabilities listed above are derived from the following use cases:
- caEHR
- ONC and Other external EHR adopters
- Clinical Trails
Functional Profile Group
- 5.2.3.1 - Administer Forms Sept. 6, 2010
- 5.2.3.2 - Create Forms Sept. 6, 2010 Tools and services for defining form templates.
- 5.2.3.3 - Search and Access Forms Sept. 6, 2010 Access models and reusable segments to support Case Report Form Definitions
