The ASTM Continuity of Care Record (CCR) was developed in response to the need to organize and make transportable a set of basic information about a patient's health care that is accessible to clinicians and patients. The CCR is intended to foster and improve continuity of care, reduce medical errors and ensure a minimum standard of secure health information transportability. Adoption of the CCR by the medical community and IT vendors will be a great step toward achieving interoperability of medical records (one of CHiT's guiding principles).
Obtain the CCR specification and XML Schema directly from ASTM here.
ASTM Continuity of Care Record (CCR)
Unofficial FAQs About the ASTM CCR Standard
-- By David C. Kibbe, MD, Senior Advisor, Center for Health Information Technology
CCR Acceleration Group
-- This group was started by members of the Partners for Patients with a mission to promote CCR interoperability. The group represents providers, EHR vendors, PHR vendors, telecommunication vendors, and many other stakeholders.
CCR and Other HIT Standards
-- Information comparing various health information technology standards available, including ASTM's CCR and HL7's CDA/CRS.
Information for Developers & Policy Makers
-- White papers and related links.