1. INTERNATIONAL HEALTHCARE STANDARDS LANDSCAPE
Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
Health Level 7
March 7, 2009
© Health Level 7, Inc.

2. INTERNATIONAL HEALTHCARE STANDARDS LANDSCAPE
NHS
Joint Initiative Council (JIC)
Infoway
CEN
HL7
ISO
CDISC
IHTSDO
IEEE
NeHTA
SCO
NCPDP
ASTM
ASC X12
SNOMED
HITSP
ANSI
LOINC
CCHIT
NQF
FHA
HIMSS/RSNA
MedDRA
ICH
ONC
NIST
IHE
CPT
AMA
HHS
NIH
FDA
VHA
ICD
WHO
NLM
CDC
DOD
NCI
CMS
Home Sec
DICOM
caBIG
US Realm

3. INTERNATIONAL HEALTHCARE STANDARDS LANDSCAPE Acronyms & Abbreviations
Standards Development Organizations
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
ASC X12 - Accredited Standards Committee X12 (Financial transactions)
ASTM - American Society for Testing & Materials
CDISC - Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (Clinical research)
CEN - European Committee for Standardization
HL7 - Health Level 7
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IHTSDO International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (SNOMED)
JIC - Joint Initiative Council (International collaborative organization)
ISO - International Standards Organization (Healthcare IT - TC215)
ICH - International Conference on Harmonization (Pharmaceutical IT standards organization)
NCPDP - National Council for Prescription Drug Programs
SCO - SDO Charter Organization (US collaborative organization)
WHO - World Health Organization

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Acronyms & Abbreviations (Continued)
International Terminology Standards
CPT - Current Procedural Terminology (AMA)
ICD - International Classification of Diseases (WHO - US uses ICD-9; elsewhere ICD-10)
LOINC Logical Observations Identifiers Names & Codes (Lab)
MedDRA - Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (Pharmaceutical - trial submissions & adverse events reporting. Developed by ICH; owned by PhRMA)
SNOMED Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (Developed by IHTSDO; created by College of American Pathologists; licensed by HHS)
International Radiological & Imaging Standards (Organizations)
DICOM - Digital Imaging & Communications
International Government Agencies & Organizations
Infoway - Canada Health Infoway (Canadian public-private partnership for HIT)
NeHETA - National eHealth Transition Authority (Australia)
NHS - National Health Service (Connecting for Health; UK HIT agency)

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Acronyms & Abbreviations (Continued)
US Department of Health& Humans Services (HHS) Agencies, Organizations, & Others
CCHIT - Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (private non-profit; recognized by HHS; certifies Electronic Health Records
CDC - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (Disease reporting & public health)
caBIG - Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (NCI; linking researchers, physicians, & patients)
CMS - Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services
FDA - Food & Drug Administration
FHA - Federal Health Architecture (Linking Federal agencies providing healthcare)
HHS - US Department of Health & Human Services
HITSP - Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (Public-private partnership for HIT standards harmonization)
NCI - National Cancer Institute (NIH)
NIH - National Institutes of Health
NIST - National Institute of Standards & Technology
NLM - National Library of Medicine (NIH)
ONC - Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare IT
VHA - Veterans Health Administration (Department of Veterans Affairs)

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Acronyms & Abbreviations (Continued)
Other US Federal Agencies & Non-government Healthcare Organizations
DOD - Department of Defense
IHE - Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (Managed by HIMSS. Develops implementation profiles using other SDO standards, largely HL7)
HIMSS Health Information Management Systems Society (US-based Vendor organization for HIT companies)
Home Sec - Department of Homeland Security
NGO - Non-Government Organizations (Academic, Non-profit, and Private-sector)
NQF - National Quality Forum
RSNA - Radiological Society of North America