Submitted by Aubriana M on
Agree with others...need to distinguish from other data classes
This data class seems like it will be duplicative of other data classes - procedures, clinical notes, etc. Need to distinguish this against other data classes if we want to keep it.
Submitted by LisaRNelson on
Assessment and Plan of Treatment
In USCDI V3 the Assessment and Plan of Treatment Data Class represents a health professional’s conclusions and working assumptions that will guide treatment of the patient. This definition works well for describing the Plan of Treatment part of this Data Class. However, it does not describe the assessment part well.
Assessment information is different than Plan information. That’s why Larry Weed’s seminal work on defining the structure of a SOAP note separated the Assessment information from the Plan. Assessment information is much more closely related to Health Status information.
The organization of the Data Classes and Data Elements would make more sense if the Assessment and Health Status Data Classes were grouped together and the SDOH Assessment and Assessment Data Elements were moved under this adjusted Assessment and Health Status Data Class.
USCDI V3 Comment 20220429_4.pdf