Posts by Rick Geimer
CDA in the Wild: Coded Data Issues (Installment #6)
This week, I have left the bush behind and retreated to the comfort of my office. I am attempting to decode the works of the famous biologist Brice Schneuer,…
Read MoreCDA in the Wild: Narrative Issues (Installment #5)
A solitary Wild CDA has left its pride. We can only presume it is searching for a mate by its extravagantly complex header and the swish of its long…
Read MoreCDA in the Wild: Validation and Schematron (Installment #4)
It has been weeks since our last episode. Frankly, the sight of that genetically mutated Wild-CDA/North-American-XHTML hybrid left my team so repulsed that many could not continue. But after…
Read MoreCDA in the Wild: Validation – XML Schema (Installment #3)
During our last episode, we stumbled upon a wild CDA lying dead in the grass. Not wanting to pass up such an opportunity, we decided to dissect the beast…
Read MoreCDA In The Wild: Basic XML Issues (Installment #2)
Move in closer now…do you see that? It’s a wild CDA lying motionless in the grass. Surely it’s waiting for prey to…wait, it’s not moving – something’s wrong… …
Read MoreCDA in the Wild – Introduction
Shh…
…beyond the bushes ahead you will see the Wild CDA in its natural habitat…
Lantana Consulting Group presents the first installment of CDA in the Wild by Rick Geimer, a blog series that identifies top errors found in CDAs (and how to fix them).
Free Text Sig
Discord is afoot. It has been for some time now. The cause is a little understood data element known as “Free Text Sig”.
Read MoreRest Secure
A security update for the long-standing CDA style sheet is available from Lantana Consulting Group here. This update addresses a potential vulnerability exposed by use of the style sheet in…
Read MoreTemplate Versioning for Consolidated CDA (C-CDA)
The HL7 Structured Documents Working Group (SDWG) is discussing approaches to template versioning in Consolidated CDA (C-CDA). I suggest here a strategy that is consistent with current policy on identifiers.
Read MoreNew Tool for Managing CDA Templates Now Available
Our beta release of a tool for capturing, storing and managing CDA templates is now available through HL7.
Read MoreTemplate Database Now Open Source
The Lantana Consulting Group is proud to release our Template Database (TDB) as open source software under the Eclipse Public License.
Read MoreIHIC 2009: Multi-Stage CDA Validation
Describes an approach for using XML Schema and Schematron in a multi-stage validation pipeline
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