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1.  Project Name and ID

Reaffirmation Project for Hl7 Clinical Context Management Specification(CCOW) / Project ID: 980

2.  Sponsoring Group(s) / Project Team

Primary Sponsor/Work Group (1 Mandatory) / Infrastructure and Messaging
Co-sponsor Work Group(s)
Project Team:
Project facilitator (1 Mandatory) / Anthony Julian
Other interested parties and their roles
Multi-disciplinary project team (recommended)
Modeling facilitator
Publishing facilitator
Vocabulary facilitator / Sandy Stuart
Domain expert rep
Business requirement analyst
Conformance facilitator (for IG projects)
Other facilitators (SOA, SAIF)
Implementers (2 Mandatory for DSTU projects):
1)
2)

3.  Project Definition

3.a. Project Scope

Reaffirmation of normative standard for HL7 Clinical Context Management Specification (CCOW): - Application Protocol Package, Release 1; - Context Manager Protection Package, Release 1; - User Authentication Protection Package. Release 1

3.b. Project Need

These standards are already in use, and require reaffirmation.

3.c. Success Criteria

Successful Reaffirmation

3.d. Project Objectives / Deliverables / Target Dates

Target Date
Submit for reaffirmation ballot / 2013 Sept Ballot
Submit Publication Request / 2013 Sept WGM
Receive ANSI approval / 2014 Jan WGM
Project End Date (all objectives have been met) / 2014 Jan WGM

3.e. Project Requirements

Reaffirmation of an existing standard

3.f.  Project Risks

Risk Description / Unknown
Impact Description
Probability: / X High / Medium / Low
/ Severity: / High / Medium / Low
Mitigation Plan

3.g. Project Dependencies

N/A

3.h. Project Document Repository Location

http://wiki.hl7.org/index.php?title=CCOW_reaffirmation

3.i.  Backwards Compatibility

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Are the items being produced by this project backward compatible? / Yes / No / Don’t Know / N/A
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4.  Products

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Non Product Project- (Educ. Marketing, Elec. Services, etc.)
/ V3 Documents - Knowledge
Arden Syntax
/ V3 Foundation – RIM
Clinical Context Object Workgroup (CCOW)
/ V3 Foundation – Vocab Domains & Value Sets
Domain Analysis Model (DAM)
/ V3 Messages - Administrative
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
/ V3 Messages - Clinical
Functional Profile
/ V3 Messages - Departmental
V2 Messages – Administrative
/ V3 Messages - Infrastructure
V2 Messages - Clinical
/ V3 Rules - GELLO
V2 Messages - Departmental
/ V3 Services – Java Services (ITS Work Group)
V2 Messages – Infrastructure
/ V3 Services – Web Services
V3 Documents – Administrative (e.g. SPL)
/ - New Product Definition -
V3 Documents – Clinical (e.g. CDA)
/ - New/Modified HL7 Policy/Procedure/Process -

5.  Project Intent (check all that apply)

Create new standard
Revise current standard (see text box below)
Reaffirmation of a standard
New/Modified HL7 Policy/Procedure/Process
Withdraw an Informative Document
N/A (Project not directly related to an HL7 Standard)
/ Supplement to a current standard
Implementation Guide (IG) will be created/modified
Project is adopting/endorsing an externally developed IG
(specify external organization in Sec. 6 below)
Externally developed IG is to be Adopted
Externally developed IG is to be Endorsed
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5.a. Ballot Type (check all that apply)

Comment Only
Informative
DSTU to Normative
/ Normative (no DSTU)
Joint Ballot (with other SDOs or HL7 Work Groups)
N/A (project won’t go through ballot)
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5.b. Joint Copyright

Check this box if you will be pursuing a joint copyright. Note that when this box is checked, a Joint Copyright Letter of Agreement must be submitted to the TSC in order for the PSS to receive TSC approval.

Joint Copyrighted Material will be produced

6.  Project Approval Dates

Sponsoring Group Approval Date / WG Approval Date 2013-03-25
Steering Division Approval Date / SD Approval Date CCYY-MM-DD
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PBS Metrics Reviewed? (required for SD Approval) / Yes / No
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Technical Steering Committee Approval Date / TSC Approval Date CCYY-MM-DD
Joint Copyright Letter of Agreement received? (req'd for Joint Copyrighted material) / Yes / No

7.  External Project Collaboration

N/A

7.a. Stakeholders / Vendors / Providers

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Stakeholders / Vendors / Providers
Clinical and Public Health Laboratories / Pharmaceutical / Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
Immunization Registries / EHR, PHR / Emergency Services
Quality Reporting Agencies / Equipment / Local and State Departments of Health
Regulatory Agency / Health Care IT / Medical Imaging Service
Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) / Clinical Decision Support Systems / Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health)
Payors / Lab / Other (specify in text box below)
Other (specify in text box below) / HIS / N/A
N/A / Other (specify below)
N/A
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7.b. Synchronization With Other SDOs / Profilers

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Check all SDO / Profilers which your project deliverable(s) are associated with.
ASC X12 / CHA / LOINC
AHIP / DICOM / NCPDP
ASTM / GS1 / NAACCR
BioPharma Association (SAFE) / IEEE / Object Management Group (OMG)
CEN/TC 251 / IHE / The Health Story Project
CHCF / IHTSDO / WEDI
CLSI / ISO / Other (specify below)
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8.  Realm

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Universal
/ Realm Specific
Check here if this standard balloted or was previously approved as realm specific standard
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9.  Strategic Initiative Reference – For PMO/TSC Use Only

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This section used only for Strategic Initiative Projects.
1.  HL7 Recognition
2.  HL7 Internal Processes
3.  HL7 Implementation
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