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Explore the current focus, status, and challenges faced by ISO/TC 215 in health informatics standardization. Learn about published standards, global partnerships, and future endeavors. Contact the ISO/TC215 Secretary for more information.
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Joint ITU-WHO Workshop on e-Health Standards and Interoperability(Geneva, Switzerland, 26-27 April 2012) ISO TC 215 Health informaticsCurrent focus, status and challenges: ISO TC215 and e-health standardization Christopher G. Chute, M.D., Dr.P.H Chair, ISO/TC215 Mayo Clinic chute@mayo.edu
ISO/TC215 – Health informatics • Standardization of Health Information and Communications Technology (ICT), to allow for compatibility and interoperability between independent systems. • Link to ISOTC215 ISO web page • Founded 1998 • 32 “P” Participating members • 29 “O” Observing • 300 people • Seven working groups • Structure, Interchange, Content, Security • Pharmacy, Devices, EHRs
Main results to date • Published over 90 International Standards • ISO 17115 Vocabulary of Terminological Systems • ISO 21090 HIT Data Types • Convene Joint Initiative Council • Global partnership of Health Information Technology Standards Organizations • CDISC, CEN TC251, GS1, IHTSDO, HL7 • ISO/IEC JWG7 (IEC 80001-1) Devices
Future activities • Ongoing standards development work • Internal assessment & reorganization • Alignment with national member body needs • Increase relevancy and quality • Ensure coherency across standards • In times of limited resources • Focus on smaller number, higher quality • Maximize collaboration opportunities
Challenges, lessons learned • Tendency to accept all the children • Opportunistic standards tasks • Incoherent agenda and output • Quantity is not Quality • Too many threads • Too little harmonization • Variable quality in documents • Less is more…
Contact details for further info • Lisa Spellman, ISO/TC215 Secretary Lisa.Spellman@AHIMA.ORG • http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_technical_committee?commid=54960 Limit to one slide, please!