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

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

Publisher： Springer Publishing Company

ISSN： 0148-5598

Source： Journal of Medical Systems, Vol.29, Iss.4, 2005-08, pp. : 413-423

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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.