We are proud of our record of innovation. Among the “firsts” we have supported are:

• Introduction of XML as the exchange syntax for HL7, the first to adopt it in healthcare
• Development of the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) from concept to implementation
• Introduction of the use of Schematron for CDA validation
• Development of the online CDA Validator
• introduction of the concept of “greenCDA” and development of the ballot, initial samples and transforms
• Development of the first application of CDA for public health reporting for CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network
• Development of a series of implementation guides reusing CCD templates in the Health Story Project
• Development of the open source Template Database (Tdb) for CDA templates in use by CDC, NCI, others
• Drafting of the first approach to standards-based quality reporting from the EHR in the Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA)
• Development under the auspices of the National Quality Forum (NQF) and in conjunction with AMA and others of the standard Healthcare Quality Measure Format (HQMF, also known as eMeasure)
• Publishers of Modular CDA XSL StyleSheets
• Founders of CDA Academy – the only option for comprehensive training for HL7 CDA and CCD