The existing Healthcare Information Technology Standards (HITSP) standard for exchanging continuity of care data, the C32 Specification, is open to many interpretations.
Lightweight C32 Implementation
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The existing Healthcare Information Technology Standards (HITSP) standard for exchanging continuity of care data, the C32 Specification, is open to many interpretations. Differing interpretations can result in interoperability issues. The L32, or "Lightweight C32 Implementation," introduces the first Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema for the C32 Specification. The L32 is not a new standard, rather, it captures a machine-interpretable implementation of the C32 specification and adds additional constraints to make it easier to produce and consume C32 instances. The L32 can be used to create and validate fully-conformant C32 XML documents. This document is intended to guide developers using the L32 with a high level overview, as well as provide a detailed reference for each of the data elements. The L32 was developed to help accelerate health data interoperability by assisting those implementing the C32 standard.