Title :
An overview of healthcare standards
Author :
St. Cyr, Timothy J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA
Abstract :
There exists a multitude of standards with regards to health information systems (HIS) and the electronic exchange of commercial transactions containing private data that must be used amongst various service providers to adequately perform their duties to patients. The evolution of health information systems has been guided by business interests as well as from government legislation creating a somewhat fragmented system with many marginally compatible components exchanging patient sensitive information electronically. The many standards in use today include: HIPAA, EDI, HL7, DICOM, IEEE 11073, ICD-9, and CPT. This paper is a broad overview of the standards listed above as well as a brief discussion of the immediate history of healthcare standards.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; data privacy; electronic data interchange; health care; legislation; medical information systems; CPT standard; DICOM standard; EDI standard; HIPAA standard; HIS; HL7 standard; ICD-9 standard; IEEE 11073 standard; commercial transaction electronic exchange; government legislation; health information systems; healthcare standards; patient sensitive information exchange; private data; DICOM; Information systems; Interoperability; Medical services; Protocols; Standards; DICOM; EDI; HIPAA; HIS; HL7; Health Information Systems; Healthcare Standards;
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon, 2013 Proceedings of IEEE
Conference_Location :
Jacksonville, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0052-7
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.2013.6567436
