Data Usability Takes Root with Release of Validator Tool
VIENNA, Va., March 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Sequoia Project, a non-profit and trusted advocate for nationwide health IT interoperability, in collaboration with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), today unveiled a data usability validator tool for health information exchanged in the United States.
- As part of the Data Usability Taking Root movement, any organization that pledges to adopt The Sequoia Project Data Usability Implementation Guide Version 1 is eligible to subscribe to the first-of-its-kind data usability validator testing tool to improve data usability and quality and testing services.
- “The groundswell of support for the Data Usability Taking Root movement has been inspiring,” said Mariann Yeager, chief executive officer of The Sequoia Project.
- Focused on advancing real-world improvements, these pioneering organizations are guiding the creation of a Data Usability Scorecard, Data Usability Implementation Guide Version 1 Compliance Readiness Checklist, Data Usability Implementation Guide Version 2, HL7 Virtual C-CDA Implementation-A-Thon tracks, and a new data usability validator.
- The data usability validator tests conformance to the Data Usability Implementation Guide Version 1 and is a new module within the best-in-class Interoperability Testing Platform (ITP).