In healthcare information technology (HIT), standards provide a common language and set of expectations that enable interoperability between systems and/or devices.
- Why Do We Need Standards?
- Why Do We Need Standard Terminology in Health Informatics?
- ONC Interoperability and Standards Training Courses
- What is the Consolidated CDA?
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Below are links to external resources that will give you the basic information you need to start engaging in the healthcare information technology (HIT) standards community. You may also want to join in on the HL7 Standards #HITsm Tweet Chats every Friday morning at 11 am CST to learn what is hot in HIT Standards.
Healthcare Informatics Standards
Introduction to Health Level 7 (HL7) Standards
What is Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (aka, IHE)?
Health Terminology Standards, SNOMED and Other Resources from the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
White paper from AHIMA/IHE/HIMSS: Health IT Standards for Health Information Management Practices
Standards in General
List of Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) in the United States
How does the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) develop standards?