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History of Health Information

Technology in the U.S.


History of Health IT Organizations
Lecture b Standards Development Organizations


This material Comp5_Unit16 was developed by The University of Alabama Birmingham, funded by the Department of Health
and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number
1U24OC000023
History of Health IT Organizations
Learning Objectives
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Describe the origins, current focus, and
relationships among the following standards
development organizations:
HL7
HITSP
ONC Health IT Standards Committee
Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health IT Organizations
Standards Development Organizations
Lecture b
Standards Development
Organizations
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health IT Organizations
Standards Development Organizations
Lecture b
Standards Development
Organizations
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health IT Organizations
Standards Development Organizations
Lecture b
Standards Development
Organizations
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)
American National Standards Institute
(ANSI)

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health IT Organizations
Standards Development Organizations
Lecture b
Standards Development
Organizations
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)
American National Standards Institute
(ANSI)
Health Level 7 (HL7)

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health IT Organizations
Standards Development Organizations
Lecture b
Standards Development
Organizations
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)
American National Standards Institute
(ANSI)
Health Level 7 (HL7)
Health Information Technology Standards
Panel (HITSP)
Health IT Standards Committee

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health IT Organizations
Standards Development Organizations
Lecture b
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST)
EHR usability testing
Developed draft guidance (2010)
Affects vendors and local configuration







Source: (Schumacher et al., 2011)

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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health IT Organizations
Standards Development Organizations
Lecture b
Interoperability
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health IT Organizations
Standards Development Organizations
Lecture b
History of Health IT Organizations
Summary
Describe the origins, current focus and
relationships among some important
standards development organizations
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health IT Organizations
Standards Development Organizations
Lecture b
History of Health IT Organizations
References Lecture b
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Health IT Workforce Curriculum
Version 3.0/Spring 2012
History of Health IT Organizations
Standards Development Organizations
Lecture b
References
Schumacher RM, Patterson ES, North R, Zhang J, Lowry SZ, Quinn MT, Ramaiah M. Technical evaluation, testing
and validation of the usability of electronic health records. Draft. NIST. US Dept of Commerce. 2011 Sep 28 [cited
2011 Nov 26]. Available from: http://www.nist.gov/healthcare/usability/upload/Draft_EUP_09_28_11.pdf

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