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National Health Care Surveys II

Information Sheet

Tool NameNational Health Care Surveys Validator II
DescriptionThe tool facilitates testing of the National Healthcare Survey (NHCS) CDA XML documents conformant to HL7 Implementation guides and are used for ONC certificaiton. Versions 3.0 and 3.1 are NIST developed tools and are located on the NIST GVT hosting platform.
DispositionTransition to Prometheus Computing provided ONC Funding and HTI-5 Proposed Rule
AccessTool Hosted on Prometheus Computing AWS
TimelineAugust 14, 2026
New Tool URLhttps://valitheus.com/tools/gvt/TOOL-SCOPE
New Website 
User ActionsUse tool at new host site
Data TransferNot Applicable-There are no accounts or saved data

Contact

NIST will continue to host this legacy information site for the foreseeable future to guide users through the transition. For specific questions regarding the sunset timelines, technical architecture, or data migration steps, please contact:

Robert Snelick -- robert.snelick [at] nist.gov (robert[dot]snelick[at]nist[dot]gov) or r.snelick [at] prometheuscomputing.com (r[dot]snelick[at]prometheuscomputing[dot]com)

Created June 15, 2026
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