These "SDO summit" meetings have included an array of standards development organizations (SDOs), including such groups as the
Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel and NCPDP; such government entities as CMS, the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs; and such health care associations as the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
For example: (1) The
Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel defined standards for implementing security features in systems that process personal health information.
At a meeting in October of the American Health Information Community, a federal advisory group on health information technology, the US Department of Health and Human Services accepted the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) nursing terminology as a named standard within the
Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) Interoperability Specification for Electronic Health Records, Biosurveillance, and Consumer Empowerment.
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Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) developed a newly defined set of specifications standards called the "security and privacy constructs." HITSP says the new standards will help to ensure the security of patient medical information within an electronic environment as well as to ensure only authorized personnel access it for official purposes.
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Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) hosted an opportunity for public comment on documents the panel is using to draft its next list of recommendations to the American Health Information Community (AHIC).