Sparked Clinical Design Group Decisions List
The following list outlines each of the decisions made by the Sparked Clinical Design Group, and links to respective meeting pages.
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2025
| Decision ID | Meeting | Topic | Results | Decision Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20250917-5D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #12 | New data group: Developmental milestones | Agree with proposal: 6 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 0 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 2 | Proposal agreed by CDG. |
| 20250917-4D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #12 | Backlog pitch items: Updated and new data groups: Implanted medical device summary | Agree with proposal: 6 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 0 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 1 | Proposal agreed by CDG with the addition of the data element ‘Date of expiry’. |
| 20250917-3D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #12 | Backlog pitch items: New data group: Vaping summary | Agree with proposal: 7 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 0 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 2 | Proposed agreed by CDG without the data element – Overall comment. Overall comment is redundant in the model at this point, and removal was recommended. |
| 20250917-2D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #12 | Backlog pitch items: New data group: Head circumference | Agree with proposal: 8 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 0 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 3 | Proposal agreed by CDG. |
| 20250917-1D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #12 | New data group: Health assessment | Agree with proposal: 9 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 0 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 2 | Proposal agree with the updated data element of clinical indication. CDG requested: clinical indication added to the data group. |
| 20250827-3D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #11 | Backlog pitch item: Update: Adverse risk reaction summary | Agree with proposal: 13 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 4 Disagree: 1 Abstain: 1 | Proposal agreed by CDG. |
| 20250827-2D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #11 | Backlog pitch item: Update: Pulse | Agree with proposal: 21 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 0 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 3 | Proposal agreed by CDG. CDG requested: additional values of irregularly regular and regularly irregular in the future. Added to AUCDI Backlog. |
| 20250827-1D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #11 | Backlog pitch item: Update: Blood pressure | Agree with proposal: 21 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 0 Disagree: 1 Abstain: 1 | Proposal agreed by CDG. CDG requested: cuff size, location of measurement, postural drop. Added to AUCDI Backlog. |
| 20250416-1D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #10 | Proposal to update/change the name of AUCDI from Australian CORE Data for Interoperability to Australian CLINICAL Data for Interoperability. The acronym, AUCDI, will remain the same. | Discussion instead of Menti, with no official vote undertaken or recorded. | Name updated. No objections or comments during meeting. Positive feedback supporting the change. |
| 20250123-6D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #9 | Proposal of approach of using two patterns to model SDOH content for AUCDI. | Agree with proposed: 13 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 0 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 1 | Proposal agreed by CDG. |
| 20250123-5D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #9 | Proposal to add the following clinical concepts to AUCDI R2: – Living arrangement summary – Occupation summary – Sexual health summary – Physical activity summary – Gambling summary – Education summary – Food and nutrition summary – Housing summary – Financial summary – Personal safety summary | Ranked on a scale with 0 being disagree and 3 being agree: Living arrangements summary: 2.6/3 Occupation summary: 2.7/3 Sexual health summary: 2.5/3 Physical activity summary: 2.9/3 Gambling summary: 2.3/3 Education summary: 2.6/3 Food and nutrition summary: 2.9/3 Housing summary: 2.7/3 Financial summary: 2.5/3 | Majority agree with including the proposed concepts in AUCDI R2. |
| 20250123-4D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #9 | Proposal to enhance the existing AUCDI R1 procedure completed to include a description data group. | Agree with proposal: 18 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 0 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 0 | |
| 20250123-3D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #9 | Proposal of a generic intervention pattern to be used for Intervention concepts in AUCDI – includes a concept name and the specific intervention name/type for that concept, a free-text description and the date on which it was done. | Agree with proposal: 13 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 4 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 2 | Majority have voted in favour of the proposed pattern to model interventions. |
| 20250123-2D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #9 | Proposal of four data groups (health education, provision of medical equipment, psychosocial therapy and physical/supportive assistance) to support interventions on the generic intervention diet. | Ranked on a scale with 0 being disagree and 3 being agree: Health education: 2.9/3 Provision of medical equipment: 2.9/3 Psychosocial therapy: 2.9/3 Physical assistance (supportive assistance): 2.8/3 | Majority agreed with the inclusion of the proposed concepts. |
| 20250123-1D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #9 | Proposal for a definition of intervention Definition Proposed: A single therapeutic activity, or a series of activities, intended to prevent, diagnose, treat, or manage health conditions, support mental or physical well-being, or address social and environmental factors that influence health outcomes. | Agree with proposal: 17 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 3 Disagree: 1 Abstain: 2 | Majority voted in support of the proposed definition. |
Previous Decisions
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| Decision ID | Meeting | Topic | Results | Decision Outcome |
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| 20241209-6D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #8 | ??? same as 20250123-1D Proposal of initial working definition of intervention | No vote undertaken or recorded. | Feedback from CDG requires the proposal to be updated, with the update to be brought back to CDG for further consideration and vote. |
| 20241209-5D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #8 | Proposal of an initial data group to support recording of health issues. The data elements within the proposed model include issue name, description, date of onset, last updated | Agree with proposal: 10 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 5 Disagree: 2 Abstain: 4 | Majority agree with the proposal for health issue. |
| 20241209-4D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #8 | Proposal of an initial data group to support recording of goal. The data elements within the proposed model include goal name, goal description, clinical indication, start date, proposed end date, actual end date, outcome, comment, last updated which will be recorded once per goal | Agree with proposal: 13 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 9 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 2 | Majority agree with the proposed model for goal. |
| 20241209-3D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #8 | Proposal of a data group to support substance use. Data element includes: substance name, overall status, overall, comment and last updated. | Agree with proposal: 21 (including additional vote recorded outside of Menti) Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 0 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 5 | Majority agree with the proposed model for substance use summary. |
| 20241209-2D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #8 | Proposal of a data group for Alcohol Consumption Summary. The data elements within the proposed data model are overall status, overall comment, and last updated. | Agree with proposal: 22 (includes additional vote recorded outside of Menti) Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 0 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 5 | Majority agreed with the proposed model for alcohol consumption summary. |
| 20241209-1D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #8 | Proposal of tobacco smoking summary data group. New data elements for the tobacco smoking summary include per type group, type, status, typical use (units), typical use (mass), comment, overall quit date, overall years of smoking, overall pack years, overall comment. | Agree with proposal: 23 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 2 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 5 | Majority voted in support of the proposed model for tobacco smoking summary. |
| 20241015-7D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #7 | Proposal to add Pregnancy assertion to AUCDI R2 Patient Summary | Agree with proposal: 7 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 7 Disagree: 1 Abstain: 6 | There was no majority vote outcome on the proposed addition of the pregnancy assertion data group within the AUCDI R2 Patient Summary. After discussion and revote, the majority voted to agree or agree with changes. The main change requested by the CDG to what was proposed was changing the terminology used to “pregnant” rather than “pregnancy”. |
| 20241015-6D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #7 | Proposal to add Menstruation summary to AUCDI R2 Patient Summary | Agree with proposal: 2 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 6 Disagree: 3 Abstain: 21 | Further work is required to understand the requirements and use of this summary. |
| 20241015-5D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #7 | Proposal to add Estimated date of delivery (EDD) to AUCDI R2 Patient Summary. | Agree with proposal: 24 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 3 Disagree: 1 Abstain: 8 | Majority voted to agree with the proposed addition of the estimated date of delivery data group within AUCDI R2 Patient Summary |
| 20241015-4D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #7 | Proposal to add Last menstrual period (LMP) to AUCDI R2 Patient Summary. | Agree with proposal: 26 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 1 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 10 | Majority voted to agree with the proposed addition of the last menstrual period data group within AUCDI R2 Patient Summary. |
| 20241015-3D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #7 | Proposal to include additional data elements to Problem/Diagnosis Summary with the additions of date/time of onset and date/time of resolution. | Agree with proposal: 30 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 1 Disagree: 2 Abstain: 11 | Majority voted to agree with the presented proposal for the problem/diagnosis summary data group |
| 20241015-2D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #7 | Proposal for updates to the Adverse risk reaction summary for AUCDI R2 Patient Summary to include the data elements from AUDCDI R1 with additions of onset of first reaction and severity of reaction data elements. | Agree with proposal: 31 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 3 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 17 | Majority voted to agree with the presented proposal for the adverse risk reaction data group. |
| 20241015-1D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #7 | Proposal for inclusion of AU Patient Summary data groups for AUCDI R2. It was proposed that the procedure completed event, vaccination administered, medication use statement, and sex and gender summary data groups and their respective data elements can be included in AUCDI R2 Patient Summary, without change, as they are included in AUCDI R1 | Agree with proposal: 44 Agree with proposal, with minor changes: 0 Disagree: 0 Abstain: 14 | Majority agree with proposal for AU Patient Summary. |
| 20240423-5D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #5 | Proposal to include data elements for implanted devices Data elements suggested: Device Name, Status, Comment, Last Updated | Device Name: 1 Status: 0.8 Comment: 0.8 Last Updated: 0.6 | Proposal agreed by CDG. |
| 20240423-4D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #5 | Proposal to include data elements for Imaging Requests Data elements suggested: clinical indication, clinical context, reason for request, urgency, service due, comment. | Clinical Indication: 0.7 Clinical Context: 0.8 Reason for Request: 0.8 Urgency: 0.8 Service Due: 0.4 Comment: 0.7 | Proposal agreed by CDG. |
| 20240423-3D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #5 | Proposal to include data elements for Imaging Requests Data elements suggested: Test name, Clinical indication, Clinical context, reason for request, Urgency, service due, Comment, Modality, Target Body Site, and Contrast Use | Test name: 0.9 Modality: 0.8 Target body site: 0.9 Contrast Use: 0.8 | Proposal agreed by CDG. |
| 20240423-2D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #5 | Proposal to include data elements for Pathology Test Requests Data elements suggested: Test name, Fasting status, Clinical indication, Clinical context, Reason for request, Urgency, Service due, Comment | Test name: 1 Fasting Status: 0.6 Clinical Indication: 0.6 Clinical Context: 0.7 Reason for Request: 0.6 Urgency: 0.9 Service Due: 0.4 Comment: 0.6 | Proposal agreed by CDG. |
| 20240423-1D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #5 | Proposal for the concept name for Imaging/Radiology Request Voting to determine the preferred name for Imaging/Radiology request. Preferred name for imaging/radiology request. Imaging request OR Diagnostic Imaging request OR Medical Imaging Request OR Radiology Request | Majority preference for Imaging/Radiology Request to be named Medical Imaging Request | |
| 20240319-17D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal to use a screening questionnaire approach for medical device information (rather than a Medical device information data model). | Yes: 3 votes No, it should be modelled as per AUCDI R2 example: 19 votes | Majority voted that medical device information should be modelled as per AUCDI R2. |
| 20240319-16D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal to include medical device information in AUeReqDI for radiology. | Yes: 17 votes No: 4 votes | Majority voted yes for including medical device information in AUeReqDI R1 for radiology |
| 20240319-15D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal to include medical device information to be included in AUeReqDI for pathology | Yes: 6 votes No: 12 votes | Majority voted no for including medical device information in AUeReqDI for pathology |
| 20240319-14D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal to include perimenopausal information in AUeReqDI for radiology | Yes: 2 votes No: 15 votes | Majority voted no for including perimenopausal information in AUeReqDI for radiology |
| 20240319-13D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal to include perimenopausal information in AUeReqDi for pathology | Yes: 1 vote No: 17 votes | Majority voted no for include perimenopausal information in AUeReqDI for pathology |
| 20240319-12D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal of how LMP should be represented – LMP vs LNP | LMP: 14 votes LNMP: 0 votes Other: 0 votes | Majority voted for LMP |
| 20240319-11D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal to include LMP information for AUeReqDI for radiology | Yes: 5 votes No: 15 votes | Majority voted not to include LMP information in AUeReqDI for radiology |
| 20240319-10D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal to include LMP information in AUeReqDI for pathology. | Yes: 4 votes No: 18 votes | Majority voted not to include LMP information in AUeReqDI for pathology |
| 20240319-9D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal of how pregnancy should be represented – Gestational age, EDC, EDD, etc. | Gestation / gestational age: 0 votes EDC: 1 vote EDD: 17 votes Other: 0 votes | Majority voted for EDD |
| 20240319-8D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal of using a screening questionnaire approach for pregnancy duration information (if it is to be included) | Yes: 0 votes No, it should be modelled as per AUCDI R2 example: 2 | Insufficient votes, no decision reached. |
| 20240319-7D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal to include pregnancy duration information in AUeReqDI for radiology. | Yes: 7 votes No: 14 votes | Majority voted not to include pregnancy duration |
| 20240319-6D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal for a proposed approach of screening questionnaire for pregnancy screening/status (for those who voted yes to 20240319-4D only). | Yes: 3 votes No, it should be modelled as per AUCDI R2 example: 8 votes | Pregnancy status data group model preferred (over questionnaire approach) |
| 20240319-5D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal to include pregnancy duration information in AUeReqDI for pathology. | Yes: 5 votes No: 15 votes | Majority voted to not include pregnancy duration information in AUeReqDI |
| 20240319-3D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal to include pregnancy information – in AUeReqDI. | Yes: 9 votes No: 16 votes | Majority voted to not include pregnancy information in AUeReqDI |
| 20240319-1D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal for terms to names for service request to support pathology/laboratory test request | Laboratory test request: 2 votes Pathology test request: 14 votes Other: 2 votes | Majority voted for ‘pathology test request’ |
| 20240319-1D | Clinical Design Group Online Meeting #4 | Proposal for AUCDI scope to include pregnancy Status, EDD, LMP, Menstruation Summary and medical device summary. | Happy with scope as the MLM: 9 votes Good starting point, would suggest some minor changes: 7 votes Needs more work/significant changes: 0 votes | Agreed |
2023
| ID | Meeting | Topic | Results | Decision Outcome |
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| No decisions recorded | | | |
