Editorial
What is done, what is needed and what is realistic to expect from medical informatics standards
Standardization in health informatics in Canada
A new twist in US health care data standards development: adoption of electronic health care transactions standards for administrative simplification
Towards developing a national health information standards framework for South Africa
Overcoming the barriers: National to European to G7
The common principles of heath informatics standardisation that require exchange of information between the standardisation bodies of different countries
The BC health information standards council
How to create awareness and ensure broad dissemination of health informatics standards
Standardization and security for the EMR
Who will standardise the standardisers: an analysis of the evolution of the standards-making process
Standardization strategy from a European perspective
Practical development of re-usable terminologies: GALEN-IN-USE and the GALEN Organisation
From a time standard for medical informatics to a controlled language for health
Coding systems and classifications in healthcare: the link to the record
Exploiting the terminological approach from CEN/TC251 and GALEN to support semantic interoperability of healthcare record systems
Critical assessment of healthcare informatics standards
Why industry is not embracing standards
The Andover Working Group—accelerating the implementation of standards
Improving acute care through use of medical device data
HL7 Version 3—An object-oriented methodology for collaborative standards development
Aspects of implementing and harmonizing healthcare communication standards
The CEN healthcare information systems architecture standard and the DHE middleware.: A practical support to the integration and evolution of healthcare systems
Active X based standards for healthcare integration
Patient health record on a smart card
SCP-ECG and Vital Signs Information Representation—two examples of successful transcontinental cooperation in medical informatics standardization
Structured reporting in gastrointestinal endoscopy:: Integration with DICOM and minimal standard terminology
A European de facto standard for image folders applied to telepathology and teaching
The minimal standard terminology for digestive endoscopy: introduction to structured reporting
Standardisation in medical image management
Standardizations of clinical laboratory examinations in Japan
Index
Index