Table 3.
Standards in health and clinical informatics that can leverage integration of health monitoring data to EMRs
| Name | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|
| CDISC | Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium is a standards development collaboration to streamline medical research and health care | http://www.cdisc.org/standards-and- implementations |
| Health IT at NIST Standards | Provides various information regarding Health IT Standards and details for implementing high-quality health information technology applications and projects | http://healthcare.nist.gov/ |
| HIE | Data interoperability guidelines provided to implement health system, state or national level health information exchanges | https://www.healthit.gov/HIE |
| HIPAA | The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal act that provides national standards for EHR transactions and identifiers for providers and payors and aid in protecting patient information | http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/ |
| HITSP | Health care Information Technology Standards designed by public and private partnership to develop health information technology systems that allow better interoperability | http://www.hitsp.org/ |
| HL7 | Standards and framework for the exchange, integration, sharing and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and evaluation of health services | http://www.hl7.org/ |
| MU | The Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs and associated guidelines provide financial incentives for the ‘meaningful use’ of certified EHR technology to improve patient care | https://www.healthit.gov/policy- researchers-implementers/meaningful- use-regulations |
| OMOP | Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership informs the appropriate use of observational health care data sets | http://omop.org/ |
| PHI | Protected health information standard is any patient-related information, including information about the provider or payer and other data that can be linked to an individual. PHI standards and guidelines are designed by institutions to protect patient identify | http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/ |