CLAIM (CLinical Accounting InforMation)--An XML-Based Data Exchange Standard for Connecting Electronic Medical Record Systems to Patient Accounting Systems

  • Authors:

  • Jinqiu Guo;Akira Takada;Koji Tanaka;Junzo Sato;Muneou Suzuki;Kiwamu Takahashi;Hiroyuki Daimon;Toshiaki Suzuki;Yusei Nakashima;Kenji Araki;Hiroyuki Yoshihara

  • Affiliations:

  • Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan;Medical Information Technology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan;Graduate School of Medicine, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan;Medical Information Technology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan;Department of Medical Informatics, Miyazaki Medical College Hospital, Kiotake, Japan;Satou Hospital, Kamakura City, Japan;CRC Solutions Corporation, Koto-ku, Japan;Non-Profit Organization MedXML Consortium, Shinagawa-ku, Japan;Non-Profit Organization MedXML Consortium, Shinagawa-ku, Japan;Department of Medical Informatics, Miyazaki Medical College Hospital, Kiotake, Japan;Department of Medical Informatics, Kyoto University Hospital, Sakyo-ku, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Medical Systems
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

With the evolving and diverse electronic medical record (EMR) systems, there appears to be an ever greater need to link EMR systems and patient accounting systems with a standardized data exchange format. To this end, the CLinical Accounting InforMation (CLAIM) data exchange standard was developed. CLAIM is subordinate to the Medical Markup Language (MML) standard, which allows the exchange of medical data among different medical institutions. CLAIM uses eXtensible Markup Language (XML) as a meta-language. The current version, 2.1, inherited the basic structure of MML 2.x and contains two modules including information related to registration, appointment, procedure and charging. CLAIM 2.1 was implemented successfully in Japan in 2001. Consequently, it was confirmed that CLAIM could be used as an effective data exchange format between EMR systems and patient accounting systems.