Electronic Medical Record - Technical Standards

Technical Standards

Though there are few standards for modern day EMR systems as a whole, there are many standards relating to specific aspects of EMRs. These include:

  • HL7 – messages format for interchange between different record systems and practice management systems.
  • ANSI X12 (EDI) – A set of transaction protocols used in the US for transmitting healthcare claims related to the billing and payment of patient data.
  • CEN – CONTSYS (EN 13940), a system of concepts to support continuity of care.
  • CEN – EHRcom (EN 13606), a standard for the communication of information from EHR systems.
  • CEN – HISA (EN 12967), a services standard for inter-system communication in a clinical information environment.
  • DICOM – a standard for representing and communicating radiology images and reporting

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