Architecture & IT Standards

The following is a list of some of the major collaborative organizations, projects, and activities focused in varying degrees on 'Open' Health Information & Technology (HIT) Architecture & Standards. Videos

• American National Standards Institute (ANSI) - Oversees the creation, promulgation and use of thousands of standards, norms, and guidelines that directly impact nearly every business sector.

• ASTM Continuity of Care Record (CCR) Standard - A core data set of the most relevant administrative, demographic, and clinical information facts about a patient.

• Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) - Developing data standards to support the acquisition, exchange, submission and archive of clinical research data and metadata.

• Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) - A global Information Technology (IT) standard designed to ensure the interoperability of medical images used in virtually all hospitals.

• Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) - Public and private sector partnership to harmonize and integrate standards for sharing health information between systems.

• Health Level Seven (HL7) International - A leading global organization working on standards for interoperability of health information technology, with members in over 55 countries

• SNOMED International - Owns and administers the rights to SNOMED CT and other health terminologies and related standards used by health systems around the world.

• International Standards Organization (ISO) - A network of national standards institutes from countries around the world.

• Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) - A set of universal codes and names to identify laboratory and other clinical observations maintained by the Regenstrief Institute.

• National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) - Creates and promotes the transfer of standardized data related to medications, supplies, and services within the healthcare system.

• Object Management Group (OMG) - An international, 'open' computer industry consortium developing enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies.

• Open Group - Architecture & Standards - Enabling a Boundaryless Information Flow™ and access to integrated information based on open standards and global interoperability.

• Open Grid Services Architecture (GLOBUS) - Helping to move towards a grid system architecture based on open grid services and architectural principles.

• Open Source Software Licenses - A list of approved open source licenses and their definition maintained by the Open Source Initiative.

• Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) - A non-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society.