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    Health Informatics Standards

    Introduction to Health Informatics Standards

    In order to promote information technology in health care environment, health informatics standards are required. Several organizations, both government and private sectors, have been developing the standards that facilitate interoperability, scalability, and portability. There are several web sites related to health informatics standards.

    • Standards Information at Medical Record Institute (comprehensive organization list)
    • Status of Health Care Informatics Standards
    • Information about Health Care at II
    • Information about Health Care Applications at NII (updated regularly)
    • Standards for Messaging Systems (Telemedicine)
    • Duke University Medical Center Standard Home Page (HL7 related)

      Click here to link to Telemedicine and Medical Informatics


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    Last updated 21 September 1995

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