ISO/TR 28380-3, “Health informatics – IHE global standards adoption – Part 3: Deployment,” has just been released. You can get a copy in paper format, for pdf download, or as part of a multi-user online subscription service from Document Center Inc. The new publication completes the ISO/TR 28380 series on adopting the IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) standards.
A common question standards users have is “How do I choose the standards to implement?” For Health Informatics, there’s a global process underway to help answer that dilemma.
IHE is an initiative of healthcare professionals, providing a methodology for the adoption and implementation of standards in a group of “domains” or areas of interest. Each domain generates a technical framework document. This is a roadmap to what standards are required for IT integration at the international level, what standards currently exist for implementation, and what standards are still needed. Various standards bodies oversee each domain. For example, the ADA (American Dental Association) oversees the Dental Domain.
Exchanging health information electronically is a new and challenging discipline. The ISO 28380 series provides a way for folks to implement the standards championed by IHE and test the results for compliance and interoperability. It underscores the proposition that the value of standards is in actually using them. And it allows for the spread of “lessons learned” since it is based on actual documented use cases.
Who should be using the ISO/TR 28380-3 (and the rest of the series)? It’s intended for a broad range of users. These include IT departments at healthcare institutions, those in the healthcare information technology industry, standards developers, and anyone interested in the integration of healthcare information systems and workflow (including regulators and the like).
What exactly does ISO/TR 28380-3 bring to the table? This part 3 shows you how to analyze your interoperability requirements in the support of your use case. You’ll use this information to produce the selection and combination of the profiles detailed in ISO/TR 28380-2. You’ll get a number of examples to help you do this. And it will show you the benefits you can expect by using this methodology for your standards adoption process.
What’s exactly in the ISO/TR 28380-3? You’ll find the usual scope, referenced documents, and definitions clauses to start. Then there’s an abbreviations section, focused on the various standards organizations and terminology acronyms common in this discipline. There are an additional 4 clauses. They cover the general approach used, the project interoperability specification, deployment benefits, and the approach to testing. An eight item Bibliography completes the document. Special value may be found in topics covered like establishing a jurisdiction interoperability framework and test management processes and certification.
What are the other parts of the ISO/TR series? They are:
- ISO/TR 28380-1, Health informatics – IHE global standards adoption – Part 1: Process
- ISO/TR 28380-2, Health informatics – IHE global standards adoption – Part 2: Integration and content profiles
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