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Standards in Biomedical Informatics

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After reading this chapter, you should know the answers to these questions:

  • Why are standards important in biomedical informatics?

  • What data standards are necessary to be able to exchange data seamlessly among systems?

  • What organizations are active in standards development?

  • What aspects of biomedical information management are supported today by standards?

  • What is the process for creating consensus standards?

  • What factors and organizations influence the creation of standards?

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Notes

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    The current standard for railroad-track gauge originated with Roman chariot builders, who set the axle length based on the width of two horses. This axle length became a standard as road ruts developed, requiring that the wheels of chariots—and all subsequent carriages—be the right distance apart to drive in the ruts. When carriage makers were called on to develop railway rolling stock, they continued to use the same axle standard.

  2. 2.

    Interestingly, medical informaticians were responsible for the second ANSI standard language: MUMPS (now known as M).

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    http://www.healthit.gov/newsroom/about-onc (accessed 4/26/13)

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    www.opengalen.org (accessed 4/26/13)

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    loinc.org (accessed 4/26/13)

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  1. Duke Center for Health Informatics, Duke University Medical Center, Room 12053, Hock Plaza, 2424 Erwin Road, Durham, NC, 27705, USA

    W. Edward Hammond

  2. Health Level Seven International, 122 15th Street, #2250, Del Mar, CA, 92014, USA

    Charles Jaffe PhD

  3. Laboratory for Informatics Development, NIH Clinical Center, 10 Center Drive, Room 6-2551, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    James J. Cimino MD

  4. Medical Informatics, Intermountain Healthcare, South Office Building, Suite 600, 5171 Cottonwood Street, Murray, UT, 84107, USA

    Stanley M. Huff MD

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  1. Departments of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University and Arizona State University, New York, New York, USA

    Edward H. Shortliffe

  2. Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    James J. Cimino

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Hammond, W.E., Jaffe, C., Cimino, J.J., Huff, S.M. (2014). Standards in Biomedical Informatics. In: Shortliffe, E., Cimino, J. (eds) Biomedical Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4474-8_7

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