BSI publications in the health informatics area (often referred to informally as eHealth and known formally as medical informatics) reflect the involvement of the expert members of its Committee IST/35 and its specialist panels. The purpose of the publications in this area is to reduce barriers to communication of information at all points throughout the work and data flows within the healthcare sector whether that be at home or in the most intensive of care settings. The publications range from high-level guides to health informatics to in-depth international standards reflecting global consensus.
The publications are broadly from three consensus groups:
- Great Britain (BSI)
- Europe (CEN)
- International (ISO)
However, the ISO and to a lesser extent CEN publications also reflect involvement of industry consortia and regional standards organisation the specifications of which have achieved global acceptance.
For convenience, though the actual boundaries are in reality somewhat blurred, the standards have been grouped into the areas tackled by the four longest established panels of IST/35:
- Information models and data interchange structures
- Terminology and knowledge representation
- Security, safety and quality
- Technology for interoperability of medical devices
These panels are coordinated by Committee IST/35 and a new panel has recently been established to work on matters related to prescribing and pharmacy business.
If you design, develop, produce, install or service any medical device you need to comply with the requirements set out in the relevant European Directives:
This European Standard specifies the communication of part or all of the electronic health record (EHR) of a single identified subject of care between EHR systems, or between EHR systems and a centralised EHR data repository.
 PD ISO/TR21730 : 2007
Health informatics. Use of mobile wireless communication and computing technology in healthcare facilities. Recommendations for electromagnetic compatibility (management of unintentional electromagnetic interference) with medical devices |
BS EN 13606-4:2007
Health informatics. Electronic health record communication. Security |
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BS EN ISO 21549-4:2006
Health informatics. Patient healthcard data. Extended clinical data |
DD CEN/TS 15211:2006
Health informatics. Mapping of hierarchical message descriptions to XML |
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