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The Department of Health and Human Services has adopted the Health IT Standardization process as central to its strategies of health data integration, data interchange and systems interoperability.
We define the Health IT Standardization process in seven phases:
The complexity of Health IT standardization efforts and the need for deep public health expertise means that senior public health program staff and public health informatics are the most effective participants in HIT standardization activities.
Learn more about Health IT Standardization (phases, entities, products)
View statistics on public health participation in Health IT Standardization:
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Health Information Technology Standardization Phases, Products and Entities
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| HIT Standardization Phases |
Needs & Priorities |
Development & Maintenance |
Selection & Harmonization |
Testing/Trial Implementation |
Certification |
Deployment |
| Goals |
What should be accomplished? |
What are the standards? |
What standards to use? |
Show what can be accomplished |
Certify standards-based products |
Deploy standards-based products |
| HIT Standardization Entities |
HIT Policy Committee
HIT Standards Committee
(Formerly AHIC) |
SDOs
(e.g.,HL7, SNOMED
(IHTSDO),
LOINC,
ASC X12) |
IHE
(Formerly HITSP, to
be superseded
pending ONC
decision) |
NwHIN
IHE |
Certification
Entities
(e.g., CCHIT) |
Proposed
IHE & PHDSC Deployment Workshops |
| Standards Documents |
Use Cases (Description of the health information exchanges) |
Standards |
Interoperability Specifications Technical Frameworks Integration Profiles |
Implementation Reports |
Certification Criteria |
Deployment Reports |
Entities where Public Health Participation is Critical (By Standardization Phase)
Participation of Public Health Professionals in Health IT Standardization Activities*
*Based on the total number of participating organizations as of December 1, 2009
Coming Soon Data for December 2011
Public Health Participation in Health IT Standardization*
* Based on the total number of participating organizations as of December 1, 2009.
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Health IT
Standardization
Phase |
Health IT
Standardization
Entity |
Public Health Participation
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Total Number of Organizations N
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Public Health Organizations, N (%)
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Number of Persons by Public Health Organization, N
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| Needs Identification & Priorities Setting |
HIT Policy Committee** |
20 |
2 (10) |
Federal Agencies
State Public Health
Local Public Health
Prof. Associations
Academia***
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1
0
1
0
1
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| HIT Standards Committee |
23 |
1 (4) |
Federal Agencies
State Public Health
Local Public Health
Prof. Associations
Academia |
0
0
0
1
0
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| Standards Development & Maintenance | Health Level Seven (HL7) | 503 | 27 (5) | Federal Agencies
State Public Health
Local Public Health
Prof. Associations
Academia | 7
12
5
3
0 |
| Standards Selection & Harmonization |
Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) |
641 |
30 (5) |
Federal Agencies
State Public Health
Local Public Health
Prof. Associations
Academia |
10
4
3
7
6
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| Standards Trial Implementation | Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) | 251 | 7 (3) | Federal Agencies
State Public Health
Local Public Health
Prof. Associations
Academia | 1
3
0
3
0 |
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Standardized Health IT Products Certification |
Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) |
341 |
3 (1) |
Federal Agencies
State Public Health
Local Public Health
Prof. Associations
Academia |
0
1
0
2
0
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| Total Number of Organizations |
1780 | 70 (4) |
Federal Agencies
State Public Health
Local Public Health
Prof. Associations
Academia |
18
20
9
16
7 |
Organizations in one cell are not mutually exclusive from those in another.
** In addition to two public health professionals (1-Local public health; 1-Academia) - members of the HIT Policy Committee, two more public health professionals (1-Local and 1-State public health) participate in the HIT Policy Committee Working Groups.
*** Academia refers to Schools of Public Health only.
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