USCDI Version 6 Released to Improve Electronic Health Information Sharing and Treatment Quality

USCDI’s Latest Version Aims to Improve Treatments

Announcement

The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP) announced the latest version of United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) on July 24, 2025. USCDI is also globally known as USCDI v6. The office of the national coordinator (ONC) in its statement mentioned the USCDI’s roots, stating that the USCDI was well-developed by ASTP/ONC in collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It also strengthens the foundation for exchange, use, and access of electronic health information (EHI) to provide interoperable health information exchange (HIE) globally.

Changes in USCDI

The implantable data has been extended to cover all medical devices, non-implantable devices, which will showcase devices’ uniqueness in identifying conditions and enable precision treatment. The portable medical order data element has been implemented to identify patients’ challenges to the life-threatening extreme conditions that need quick orders like ‘comfort measures only’ or ‘do-not-resuscitate’. The facility identifies data elements used to address suitable service locations can now be used to track health outcomes and care quality.

It will also accelerate the monitoring facilities' capacity that consists additional number of ventilators and beds. The care plan lists the patient’s needs and treatment goals, as well as strategies to address the unmet needs of the patient’s treatment. It will allow patients to write down the care plans with consultation from clinicians, caregivers, and family members. The date of onset will mention the real and approximate date when symptoms of a condition first appeare.

The following updates of USCDI v6have been regulated by the ASTP/ONC. The medication order consists of RxNorm for the applicable standard. The fill status has changed to dispense status. The advance directive observation has been shifted to the preferences and goals of the data class. The planned data class and patient summary have changed to a care plan. LOINC is now an applicable standard to clinical test orders, laboratory orders, and diagnostic imaging orders.

The changes have been executed to the listed data elements which also consist of examples, usage notes and definitions such as coverage type, patient goals, result unit of measure, specimen condition acceptability, performance time, result unit of measure and SDOH assessment and reaction. The USCDI version 7 is on the way. The ONDEC submission system approves recommendations for data elements and is also available on the open platform.