The ISO/TC 215 is the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) on health informatics. TC 215 works on the standardization of Health Information and Communications Technology (ICT), to allow for compatibility and interoperability between independent systems.
Working Groups
ISO TC 215 consists of several Working Groups (WG), each dealing with an aspect of Electronic Health Records (EHR). CAG 1: Executive council, harmonization and operations WG 1: Data structure WG 2: Messaging and communications WG 3: Health Concept Representation WG 4: Privacy and Security WG 5: Health Cards >>Transitioned to a Task Force on Health Cards. WG 6: Pharmacy and medicines business WG 7: Devices WG 8: Business requirements for Electronic Health Records WG 9: SDO Harmonization Task Forces: --e-Business for Healthcare Transactions—Multidisciplinary for Healthcare Clinicians—Harmonized Joint Work Group for Devices—Traditional Medicine (Currently restricted to Far Eastern Traditional Medicine) --Health Cards—Patient Safety and Quality
Leadership
The Technical Committee Chairs are: