HRS Reviewing Draft USCDI v6

March 4, 2025 – The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (hereafter ASTP) is accepting public comments on the recently released Draft United States Core Data for Interoperability Version 6 (Draft USCDI v6).

The USCDI is a standardized set of health data classes and constituent data elements intended to support nationwide, interoperable health information exchange.  Federally certified health information technology must support the data elements defined in specific versions of USCDI to facilitate standardized exchange of key health information. ASTP publishes new versions of USCDI annually, with a draft version released in January and a final version released in July to keep pace with clinical, technology, and policy changes. New data elements found in the Draft USCDI v6 include:

• Unique device identifier. ASTP made a significant change to the Medical Devices data element Unique Device Identifier – Implantable to broaden its scope to include all other medical devices, including non-implantable devices.
• Date of Onset. Date of Onset is the date or estimated date when signs or symptoms of a condition began, providing more information about the course of disease or other condition that was available from the existing data elements Date of Diagnosis and Date of Resolution. Date of Onset is used to determine the duration of a condition rather than how long ago a formal diagnosis was made.
• Care Plan. This data element includes prioritized problems, health concerns, assessments, goals, and interventions. It is not ASTP’s intent to require all potential components of every type of care plan— recognizing that content may vary by setting, condition or program requirements— but to standardize a base set of components common across different care plans.
• Family Health History. This data element details the health conditions of a family member that might be relevant to a patient’s care.

ASTP also seeks feedback on how to advance meaningful, secure, and shareable access to diagnostic images across disparate networks, including through shareable links or detailed information about individual diagnostic imaging studies and series.

Additional information about the draft USCDI v6 can be found on the ASTP website. Public comments may be submitted through the USCDI website through April 14, 2025.

Available Resources

• View USCDI Draft v6
• Learn More About USCDI Draft
• Submit Public Comment