{"id":13036,"date":"2018-07-31T09:02:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthit-gov.go-vip.net\/buzz-blog\/?p=13036"},"modified":"2025-08-25T15:12:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:12:46","slug":"interoperability-standards-advisory-annual-request-for-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/interoperability\/interoperability-standards-advisory-annual-request-for-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Interoperability Standards Advisory: Annual Request for Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sunscreen \u2013 check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bathing suit \u2013 check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Towel \u2013 check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comment on the Interoperability Standards Advisory \u2013 \u2026?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just in time for your summer checklist, don\u2019t forget to do your part and participate in the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/isa\">Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) comment and review period<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) wants your comments on revisions, additions, and any other improvements we can make to the current content on the ISA site, before we take a snap-shot toward the end of the year, solidifying the 2019 Reference Edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We shifted the comment deadline to an earlier date this year to allow for more time to incorporate stakeholder feedback.&nbsp; We also added several new components and functionalities to the ISA, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the addition of Emergency Medical Services interoperability needs;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the incorporation of interoperability needs related to CMS\u2019 Electronic Medical Documentation Interoperability;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improvements that allow users to view the ISA as a single page, with the ability to view with or without submitted comments; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RSS feed functionality to track ISA revisions in real-time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit the Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) to review these new updates and provide comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ISA is a dynamic, coordinated catalog of the standards and implementation specifications that can be used to meet interoperability needs in healthcare.&nbsp;It continues to serve as the industry\u2019s primary source of input on the interoperability standards that are a best fit for a particular health information technology (health IT) use case, and plays a key role in ONC\u2019s efforts to implement the 21<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;Century Cures Act. 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