Standards

List of EHR Related Standardisation Bodies

AENOR  Spanish Association for Standardisation and Certification   ES

AENOR is the Spanish National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
AENOR is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.aenor.es#https://www.aenor.es# 

AFNOR  French standards association   FR

AFNOR is the French National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
AFNOR is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.afnor.org#https://www.afnor.org# 

ANSI  American National Standards Institute   US

ANSI is the National Standards Body (NSB) of the United States of America, an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
ANSI is a member of international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.ansi.org#https://www.ansi.org# 

ASRO  Romanian Standard Association   RO

ASRO is the Romanian National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
ASRO is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.asro.ro#https://www.asro.ro# 

ASTM  American Society for Testing and Materials   US

ASTM International, originally known as the American Society for Testing Materials, is one of several SDOs (Standards Devlopment Organisations) accredited by ANSI (the American National Standards Institute, the official standardisation body of the USA) to develop standards.
ASTM/E31 is the technical committee responsible for Healthcare Informatics. It has published several useful standards that have fuelled a variety of international standards.
Most recently, ASTM has balloted, and passed, a standard for the Continuity of Care Record (CCR). This is a family of XML-format messages with the original use of supporting electronic patient care referrals among healthcare providers. It is now seen as having archival value within and Electric Health Records repository. Recently, ASTM and HL7 have agreed to harmonise their CCR with the HL7 work on the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA).
ANSI-Accredited Standards Developing Organisation  www.astm.org#https://www.astm.org# 

ASTM E31  American Society for Testing and Materials - Technical Committee "Healthcare Informatics"   US

ASTM/E31 is the technical committee responsible for Healthcare Informatics. It has published several useful standards that have fuelled a variety of international standards.
Most recently, ASTM has balloted, and passed, a standard for the Continuity of Care Record (CCR). This is a family of XML-format messages with the original use of supporting electronic patient care referrals among healthcare providers. It is now seen as having archival value within and Electric Health Records repository. Recently, ASTM and HL7 have agreed to harmonise their CCR with the HL7 work on the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA).
ANSI-Accredited Standards Developing Organisation   

Main organisation: ASTM

ASTM E31,28  American Society for Testing and Materials - Technical Committee "Healthcare Informatics" - Subcommittee "Electronic Health Records"   US

ANSI-Accredited Standards Developing Organisation   

Main organisation: ASTM E31

BDS  Bulgarian Institute for Standardisation   BG

BDS is the Bulgarian National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services). BDS is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.bds-bg.org/#https://www.bds-bg.org/# 

BIN  Belgian Institut for Standardisation   BE

BIN is the Belgian National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
BIN is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.ibn.be#https://www.ibn.be# 

BSI  British Standards Institution   GB

BSI is the British National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
BSI is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.bsi-global.com#https://www.bsi-global.com# 

CEFACT  United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business   WOR

UN/CEFACT is the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business. It is the organisation responsible for the standardisation of a syntax in the field of EDI (EDIFACT) still widely used, as well as for the Electronic Business XML (ebXML) initiative.
CEN/ISSS is the “European Entry Point” to the UN/CEFACT process.
UN/CEFACT has published the Core Components Technical Specification, as part of the overall ebXML framework, drawn up by a UN/CEFACT-OASIS joint initiative This interoperability enabling specification is meant to be employed wherever business information is being shared or exchanged amongst and between enterprises, governmental agencies, and/or other organisations in an open and worldwide environment. It covers both interactive and batch exchanges of business data between applications through the use of the Internet and Web based information exchanges as well as traditional Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) systems.
The specification focuses both on human-readable and machine-processable representations of this information. It represents a methodology for developing a common set of semantic building blocks that represent the general types of business data in use today, and provides for the creation of new business vocabularies and restructuring of existing business vocabularies.
This specification should form the basis for standards development work of business analysts, business users and information technology specialists supplying the content of and implementing applications that will employ the UN/CEFACT Core Component Library (CCL). The Core Component Library will be stored in a UN/CEFACT repository and identified in an ebXML compliant registry.
International Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.unece.org/cefact/#https://www.unece.org/cefact/# 

Main organisation: UNECE

CEN  European Committee for Standardisation   EFTA

CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation, was founded in 1961 by the national standards bodies in the European Economic Community and EFTA countries.
CEN is contributing to the objectives of the European Union and European Economic Area with voluntary technical standards which promote free trade, the safety of workers and consumers, interoperability of networks, environmental protection, exploitation of research and development programmes, and public procurement.
European Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.cenorm.org#https://www.cenorm.org# 

CEN/ISSS  European Committee for Standardisation, Information Society Standardisation System   EFTA

CEN/ISSS provides market players with a comprehensive and integrated range of standardisation services and products, in order to contribute to the success of the Information Society in Europe.
CEN/ISSS has activities in many of the domains related to eBusiness, both horisontal and sector-specific.
For the horisontal issues that may be relevant to e-Health, CEN/ISSS has active Workshops on eProcurement (supported by DG MARKT), eInvoicing (DG TAXUD) and ‘e’Cataloguing and Classification.
To co-ordinate all activities in a strategic sense, and to contribute at a policy level, CEN/ISSS has created a new group called the eBusiness Interoperability Forum (eBIF).
European Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.cenorm.org/ISSS#https://www.cenorm.org/ISSS# 

Main organisation: CEN

CEN/TC251  European Committee for Standardisation, Technical Committee 251 "Health Informatics"   EFTA

CEN/TC251 is the sectoral Technical Committee of CEN for Health Informatics. It was instituted in 1990 with the first immediate aim of transferring into the corpus of European standards the biggest possible part of the technical specifications resulting from Health Telematics "pre-competitive" projects co-funded by the European Commission DG-XIII (now DG-INFSO) through the successive Framework Programmes for Research and Development, or at least those that remained in the public domain. Subsequently CEN/TC251 addressed a variety of other relevant work items. To date, CEN/TC251 has produced over 50 technical documents (standards, pre-standards, and reports).
Starting in 1989, the then DG-XIII had subsidised several projects within the "Advanced Informatics in Medicine" programmes (AIM-0, and AIM-1). Part of the specifications delivered as the outcome of these projects were left in the public domain, and the interest of all contributing parties proved that they could be made openly available to all interested parties, particularly to the industry. During this first phase, CEN/TC251 produced no full standard, but pre-standards (and CEN reports) only. Later, with the revision of these pre-standards, full standards began to emerge. European pre-standards (now known as Technical specifications) are only valid for three years before they are revised. They do not override national documents dealing with similar subjects. Therefore, they were regarded as purely indicative, and without any constraining value. Conversely, full European standards are systematically incorporated within the corpus of national standards of Members States, and they definitely supersede any similar work taking place at the national level. The resulting flow of publications has been impressive: leaving apart a number of many valuable strategic studies: 25 pre-standards (including 2 multiple-part), and 4 CEN reports.
In a second phase, CEN/TC251 has addressed entirely new issues responding to new needs appearing due to the starting implementation of computerised information systems in the domain of health care. During that second phase, however, 1 standard, 12 pre-standards, now technical specifications (including 6 multiple-part), and 4 CEN Reports have been published so far.
Until 1997, the topics (work items) addressed were spread between 7 working groups, then reduced to 4:
WG-I Information Models
WG-II Terminology and knowledge representation
WG-III Security, safety and quality
WG-IV Technology for interoperability From the beginning, the methodology used in CEN/TC251 based the development of messages on preliminary modelling. Progressively, however, the need to relate specific domain models within a generic Reference Information Model arose, and this has been achieved within HL7 with its development of the Reference Information Model (RIM).
CEN/TC251 and HL7 have established a Memorandum of Understanding, in order to foster collaboration and harmonisation between the approaches of both organisations.
European Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.centc251.org#https://www.centc251.org# 

Main organisation: CEN

CEN/TC251/WG-I  European Committee for Standardisation, Technical Committee 251 "Health Informatics", Work Group 1   EFTA

CEN Work Group in charge of Information Model : Models of electronic healthcare records as well as general message descriptions.
European Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.centc251.org#https://www.centc251.org/# 

Main organisation: CEN/TC251

CEN/TC251/WG-II  European Committee for Standardisation, Technical Committee 251 "Health Informatics", Work Group 2   EFTA

CEN Work Group in charge of Terminology and knowledge representation : The semantic organisation of information so as to make it of practical use in the domains of healthcare informatics. The actual work items focuses on interrelationships of concepts and on structures for concepts systems.
European Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.centc251.org#https://www.centc251.org/# 

Main organisation: CEN/TC251

CEN/TC251/WG-III  European Committee for Standardisation, Technical Committee 251 "Health Informatics", Work Group 3   EFTA

CEN Work Group in charge of Security, safety and quality : Techniques for technical protection of confidentiality, integrity, availability and accountability as well as guidelines for security management.
European Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.centc251.org#https://www.centc251.org/# 

Main organisation: CEN/TC251

CEN/TC251/WG-IV  European Committee for Standardisation, Technical Committee 251 "Health Informatics", Work Group 4   EFTA

CEN Work Group in charge of Technology for interoperability : Work on middleware and most of the work on medical imaging and multimedia (although the focus in this area is on international standards) and medical device communication in integrated healthcare.
European Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.centc251.org#https://www.centc251.org/# 

Main organisation: CEN/TC251

CNI  Czech Standards Institute   CZ

CNI is the Czech National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
CIN is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.cni.cz#https://www.cni.cz# 

CYS  Cyprus Organisation For Standardisation   CY

CYS is the Cypriot National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
CYS is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.cys.org.cy#https://www.cys.org.cy# 

DICOM  Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine   US

Founded in 1983 by the American College of Radiologists (ACR) and the National Electronic Manufacturers' Association (NEMA), the DICOM Standards Committee is acting as an internationally acknowledged SDO. It is now administered by the Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy Systems Division of NEMA in the USA with a solid European representation and participation of users (DRG, SFR, SIRM) as well as manufacturers (COCIR members).
Digital medical image sources, and the use of computers to process them after their acquisition, were introduced in the seventies. In 1983 the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) formed a joint committee in order to standardise a method for the transmission of medical images and their associated information. In 1985 this committee published the ACR-NEMA Standards Publication No. 300-1985. Version 2.0 was published in 1988. In 1993 version 3.0 marked a major step towards a standard method of communicating digital image information. It also introduced the name DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine). Since its origin, DICOM has paid much attention to establishing working relationships with other related standard initiatives throughout the world:
1 ASTM for its initial version;
2 the Internet protocol TCP/IP in 1993;
3 CEN in the nineties (this solid co-operation resulting in a number of jointly developed supplements);
4 JIRA (the Japan Industries Association of Radiological Systems) for the convergence of a Japanese interchange media format (IS&C;) with DICOM;
5 ANSI-HISBB in the USA, from which DICOM adopted a harmonised patient name structure;
6 HL7 resulting in the creation of a joint DICOM-HL7 working group in 1999;
7 ISO/TC215, with which a Type A liaison has been established in 1999, shortly after its creation. ISO/TC215 is not creating a working group for bio-medical imaging standards, but is relying instead on DICOM. DICOM has 22 Working Groups:
WG-01 Cardiac and Vascular Information
WG-12 Ultrasound
WG-02 Projection Radiography and Angiography
WG-13 Visible Light
WG-03 Nuclear Medicine
WG-14 Security
WG-04 Compression
WG-15 Digital Mammography and CAD
WG-05 Exchange Media
WG-16 Magnetic Resonance
WG-06 Base Standard
WG-17 3D
WG-07 Radiotherapy
WG-18 Clinical Trials and Education
WG-08 Structured Reporting
WG-19 Dermatologic Standards
WG-09 Ophthalmology
WG-20 Integration of Imaging and Information Systems
WG-10 Strategic Advisory
WG-21 Computed Tomography
WG-11 Display Function Standard
WG-22 Dentistry
The current priorities for DICOM are issues relating to security, performance, new modality technology, and workflow management.
Industry Standards Consortium  medical.nema.org#https://medical.nema.org# 

DIN  German Institute for Standardisation   DE

DIN is the German National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
DIN is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.din.de#https://www.din.de# 

DS  Danish Standards Association   DK

DS is the Danish National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
DS is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.ds.dk#https://www.ds.dk# 

EBI  European Bio-Informatics Institute   EUR

The EBI is a centre for research and services in bioinformatics. The Institute manages databases of biological data including nucleic acid, protein sequences and macromolecular structures. Its missions are :
- To provide freely available data and bioinformatics services to all facets of the scientific community in ways that promote scientific progress ;
- To contribute to the advancement of biology through basic investigator-driven research in bioinformatics ;
- To provide advanced bioinformatics training to scientists at all levels, from PhD students to independent investigators ;
- To help disseminate cutting-edge technologies to industry.
Other organisation  www.ebi.ac.uk#https://www.ebi.ac.uk# 

ELOT  Hellenic Organisation for Standardisation   GR

ELOT is the Greek National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
ELOT is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.elot.gr#https://www.elot.gr# 

ETSI  European Telecommunications Standards Institute   EUU

The mission of ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, is to produce telecommunications standards for today and for the future.
ETSI is officially responsible for standardisation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) within Europe. These technologies include telecommunications, broadcasting and related areas such as intelligent transportation and medical electronics.
European Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.etsi.org#https://www.etsi.org# 

EVS  Estonian Centre for Standardisation   EE

EVS is the Estonian National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
EVS is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.evs.ee#https://www.evs.ee# 

HL7  Health Level Seven   US

HL7 (Health Level Seven, by reference to the 7 layers of the OSI model) was founded in 1987 by several vendors of software for the healthcare industry. Their goal was to develop messages consensual formats to facilitate a better interoperability of Hospital Information Systems (HIS). In 1994, HL7 was accredited by ANSI, the American National Standards Institute (the official standardisation body of the United States) as a Standards Developing Organisation (SDO), meaning that HL7 approved specifications are channelled into the official standardisation process, as American National Standards.
Message specifications (‘HL7 standard’) Version 1.0 were approved in 1987, and were followed by version 2.0 in 1998. Subsequently, version 2 evolved regularly. It still forms the basis for the many HIS systems implemented in the USA and several European countries.
An XML-based 'Clinical Document Architecture' set of specifications was approved in 2000 (Release 1). The planned successive releases of the CDA will in turn provide specifications to exchange increasingly structured clinical documents. Release 2 is currently being balloted, and Release 3 is in preparation. The CDA is meant to be used together with version 2, as well as with future messages version, and it is included in the HL7 RIM (Reference Information Model). Various other complementary works have also been approved and published over the years.
Version 3 message specifications use a formal Message Development Framework methodology, using the RIM, to help make messages more consistently implementable than for Version 2.
Current contributors or 'Benefactors' to HL7 include vendors (Siemens, GE Medical Systems, HBOC-McKesson, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Philips), USA or non-USA agencies (USA Veterans Affairs), UK NHS, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (USA CDC), Standards Australia, AFNOR (France). Public-private partnerships have also been established with Infoway (Canada), NICTIZ (The Netherlands). Other 'benefactors' include, amongst others, USA healthcare providers or health insurance funds, such as Mayo Fdn, Duke, Kaiser Permanente.
HL7 has 26 International Affiliates: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom. HL7/USA is said to be under consideration.
ANSI-Accredited Standards Developing Organisation  www.hl7.org#https://www.hl7.org# 

IEC  International Electrotechnical Commission   WOR

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is the leading global organisation that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies. These serve as a basis for national standardisation and as references when drafting international tenders and contracts.
International Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.iec.ch#https://www.iec.ch# 

IEEE  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers   US

The IEEE resulted from the merging in 1963 of the AIEE (American Institute of Electrical Engineers) and the IRE (Institute of Radio Engineers), Through its predecessors it dates back to 1884. AIEE, addressed wire communications, light and power systems, while IRE, itself resulting from the merging of two largely local organisations (the Society of Wireless and Telegraph Engineers and the Wireless Institute), addressed wireless communications.
IEEE has undertaken standardisation activities in the United States via its subsidiary, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA), which develops industry standards in a broad-range of industries, including Biomedical and Healthcare.
Collaboration exists between IEEE, CEN/TC251 and ISO/TC215.
Working with ISO/TC215, and in accordance with the ISO/IEEE “Pilot Project”, international representatives can participate in ballots via ‘international co-ordination’. The votes are not binding (i.e. they are not counted in the final tally that determines the result of the ballot). A large suite of standards has been developed and published jointly by IEEE, CEN and IS.
ANSI-Accredited Standards Developing Organisation  www.ieee.org#https://www.ieee.org# 

IEEE 1073  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers -1073 General Committee   US

The IEEE P1073 committee produces standards that provide real-time plug-and-play interoperability for patient-connected medical devices and external computer systems. The standards provide for automatic and detailed electronic data capture of vital signs and medical device data, acquired at the point-of-care, in all health care environments.
ANSI-Accredited Standards Developing Organisation  www.ieee1073.org#https://www.ieee1073.org/standards/1073standards.html# 

Main organisation: IEEE

IHE  Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise   US

The goal of the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative is to stimulate integration of health care information resources. IHE develops and publishes detailed frameworks for implementing established data standards to meet specific healthcare needs and supports testing, demonstration and educational activities to promote the deployment of these frameworks by vendors and users.
Other organisation  www.rsna.org/#https://www.rsna.org/# 

IHE Europe  Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise Europe   EUR

IHE Europe is the European supporting organisation of the IHE initiative.
Other organisation  www.ihe-europe.org#https://www.ihe-europe.org# 

IPQ  Portuguese Institute of Quality   PT

National Standardisation Body  www.ipq.pt#https://www.ipq.pt# 

ISO  International Organisation for Standardisation   WOR

ISO is a network of the National Standards Bodies of 156 countries, on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat is in Geneva, Switzerland. Its principal activity is the development of technical standards.
International Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.iso.org#https://www.iso.org# 

ISO/TC215  International Organisation for Standardisation, Technical Committee 215 "Health Informatics"   WOR

The Technical Committee "Health Informatics" of ISO was created in 1998. Its scope is defined as: "Standardisation in the field of information for health, and Health Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to achieve compatibility and interoperability between independent systems. Also, to ensure compatibility of data for comparative statistical purposes (e.g. classifications), and to reduce duplication of effort and redundancies."
The number of participating countries is 25, with 14 Observer countries. In 2004, the total number of ISO standards published under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC215 is over 14. ISO/TC215 liaises with several organisations: CEN, DICOM, ICN, IMIA, UN/ECE, W3C, etc. The work of ISO/TC215 is distributed between 6 Working Groups:
WG 1: Data structure (Definitions, Frameworks and Models, Templates, Data Sets)
WG 2: Data interchange (Harmonisation and Adaptation of Clinical and Administrative Messages)
WG 3: Semantic Content (Terminology, Knowledge Representation)
WG 4: Security (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability, Accountability, Security Management, Information Systems Safety)
WG 5: Health cards
WG 6: Pharmacy and medication busines
WG 7: Medical Devices
WG 8: Business Requirements for an EHR
International Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.iso.org/iso/en/stdsdevelopment/tc/tclist/TechnicalCommitteeDetailPage.TechnicalCommitteeDetail?COMMID=4720#https://www.iso.org/iso/en/stdsdevelopment/tc/tclist/TechnicalCommitteeDetailPage.TechnicalCommitteeDetail?COMMID=4720# 

IST  Icelandic Standards    IS

National Standardisation Body  www.stadlar.is#https://www.stadlar.is# 

ITU  International Telecommunications Union   WOR

The ITU is an international organisation within the United Nations System where governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services.
International Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.itu.int#https://www.itu.int# 

LST  Lithuanian Standards Board   LT

LST is the Lithuanian National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
LST is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.lsd.lt#https://www.lsd.lt# 

LVS  Latvian Standards   LV

LVS is the Latvian National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
LVS is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.lvs.lv#https://www.lvs.lv# 

MSA  Malta Standards Authority   MT

MSA is the Maltese National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
MSA is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.msa.org.mt#https://www.msa.org.mt# 

MSZT  Hungarian Standards Institution    HU

MSZT is the Hungarian National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
MSZT is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.mszt.hu#https://www.mszt.hu# 

NCCLS  Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute   US

In 2001, ASTM Committee E31 decided to restructure its operations, with the intent of focusing on standards-development issues such as security, privacy, and the electronic health record. Part of the reorganisation plan was to explore the option of transferring responsibility for nine E31.13 standards to NCCLS. The NCCLS Area Committee on Automation and Informatics, at its meeting in April 2002, reached a positive assessment of the value of the ASTM standards and encouraged the NCCLS Executive Offices staff to pursue negotiations with ASTM on transferring these standards to NCCLS. Following this transfer, these nine standards (formerly ASTM E792; E1029; E1238; E1246; E1381; E1394; E1466; E1639; and E2118) have been redesignated as NCCLS standards LIS1 through LIS9. The Area Committee on Automation and Informatics has assumed responsibility for maintaining the documents and will revise or update each document in accord with NCCLS Administrative Procedures.
ANSI-Accredited Standards Developing Organisation  www.nccls.org/#https://www.nccls.org/# 

NEN  Netherlands Standardisation Institute   NL

National Standardisation Body  www.nen.nl#https://www.nen.nl# 

NSAI  National Standards Authority of Ireland    IE

NSAI is the Irish National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
NSAI is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.nsai.ie#https://www.nsai.ie# 

OASIS  Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards   WOR

OASIS drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards.
Industry Standards Consortium  www.oasis-open.org#https://www.oasis-open.org# 

OASIS IHC TC  Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information - International Health Consortium   WOR

IHC Technical Committee aims at providing a forum for the global healthcare community to articulate and coordinate requirements for XML- and Web services-based standards.
Industry Standards Consortium  www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php#https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php# 

Main organisation: OASIS

OMG  Object Management Group   WOR

OMG™ is an open membership, not-for-profit consortium that produces and maintains computer industry specifications for interoperable enterprise applications. OMG membership includes virtually every large company in the computer industry, and hundreds of smaller ones. Most of the companies that shape enterprise and Internet computing today are represented on OMG Board of Directors. Its flagship specification is the multi-platform Model Driven Architecture® (MDA®), recently underway but already well known in the industry. It is based on the modeling specifications the MOF™, the UML®, XMI®, and CWM®. OMG's own middleware platform is CORBA®, which includes the Interface Definition Language OMG IDL™, and protocol IIOP®.
Industry Standards Consortium  www.omg.org#https://www.omg.org# 

ON  Austrian Standards Institute   AT

ON is the Austrian National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
ON is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.on-norm.at#https://www.on-norm.at# 

PKN  Polish Committee for Standardisation   PL

National Standardisation Body  www.pkn.pl#https://www.pkn.pl# 

SEE  State Service of Energy (SEE) - Luxembourg organisation for Standardisation   LU

SEE is the National Standards Body (NSB) of Luxembourg, an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
SEE is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.see.lu#https://www.see.lu# 

SFS  Finnish Standards Association   FI

SFS is the Finnish National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
SFS is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.sfs.fi#https://www.sfs.fi# 

SIS  Swedish Standards Institute    SE

SIS is the Swedish National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
SIS is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.sis.se#https://www.sis.se# 

SIST  Slovenian Institute for Standardisation   SI

SIST is the Slovenian National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
SIST is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.sist.si#https://www.sist.si# 

SN  Standards Norway   NO

SN is the Norwegian National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
SN is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.standard.no#https://www.standard.no# 

SNV  Swiss Association for Standardisation   CH

SNV is the Swiss Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
SNV is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.snv.ch#https://www.snv.ch# 

SUTN  Slovak Standards Institute    SK

SUTN is the Slovak National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
SUTN is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.sutn.gov.sk#https://www.sutn.gov.sk# 

TBG10  Trade and Business Group 10   WOR

UN/CEFACT Working Group dealing with business requirements within healthcare
International Formal Standardisation Organisation  www.disa.org/cefact-groups/tbg/wg/tbg10_main.cfm#https://www.disa.org/cefact-groups/tbg/wg/tbg10_main.cfm# 

Main organisation: UN/CEFACT

UNECE  United Nations Economic Commission for Europe   EUR

UNECE strives to foster sustainable economic growth among its 55 member countries. To that end UNECE provides a forum for communication among States; brokers international legal instruments addressing trade, transport and the environment; and supplies statistics and economic and environmental analysis.
Other organisation  www.unece.org#https://www.unece.org/# 

UNI  Italian Organisation for Standardisation   IT

UNI is the Italian National Standards Body (NSB), an organisation dedicated to the development of consensus-based formal standards for all business sectors (industry and services).
UNI is a member of European (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI), as well as international (ISO, IEC and ITU) standards organisations.
National Standardisation Body  www.uni.com#https://www.uni.com# 

W3C  World Wide Web Consortium   WOR

The W3C is the international standards body for Web standards. Its purpose is to develop open standards so that the Web evolves in a single direction rather than being splintered among competing factions. The W3C is the chief standards body for HTTP, HTML and XML.
Industry Standards Consortium  www.w3c.org#https://www.w3c.org#