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CDA – Clinical Document Architecture

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CDA (clinical document architecture) is the most widely adopted implementation of HL7 v3. It is used for exchanging information in the form of documents. CDA has three levels: level 1 is a single human-readable document, level 2 can include multiple documents and level 3 can include structured information. Each CDA document has a common header and a variable body part. Templates are used to constrain the generic CDA model. The continuity of care document (CCD) is used to summarize a patients' health record. Consolidated CDA (C-CDA) is a harmonized set of templates for a variety of clinical documents.

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  1. R-Outcomes Ltd, Newbury, UK

    Tim Benson

  2. Health Intersections Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia

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Benson, T., Grieve, G. (2016). CDA – Clinical Document Architecture. In: Principles of Health Interoperability. Health Information Technology Standards. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30370-3_15

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