title: The status of healthcare standards in the United States.
abstract: Healthcare standards in the US are produced by six standard developers organizations: ACR/NEMA, ASC X12N, ASTM, HL7, IEEE, and NCPDP. The activities of these groups are coordinated through the ANSI HISPP. While considerable progress has been made in the area of data interchange standards, little progress has been made in the area of vocabulary standards.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Informatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000592:standards*; D003199:Computer Systems / Q000592:standards; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000592:standards; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards; D012952:Societies; D013358:Subject Headings; D014481:United States