Kontur explained that developing and adopting healthcare standards included a series of cooperative agreements between ASTP and Health Level Seven International (HL7), which started in 2015. “This collaboration has supported the development and growth of crucial health IT standards incorporated by ASTP regulations and the ONC Health IT Certification Program, as well as tooling and resources for HL7’s standards development community.”
“ASTP funds the ongoing development of HL7 standards like Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) and the FHIR US Core IG (US Core),” Kontur reported. Furthermore, Kontur continued, ASTP also supports HL7’s Gender Harmony Project, which guides exchanging clinical sex and gender-affirming information using HL7 standards. The Gender Harmony project addresses the common problem of health IT systems, often capturing sex and gender information in a single data element.
Pietje Kobus has an international background and experience in content management and editing. She studied journalism in the Netherlands and Communications and Creative Nonfiction in the U.S. Pietje joined Healthcare Innovation in January 2024.
