title: European standards development in healthcare informatics: actual and future challenges.
abstract: This paper focuses on the current and future standardisation activities in CEN TC251 (European Standardisation Committee, Technical Committee on Medical Informatics). The progress of the Committee's standards development is summarized per working group. The main challenges of the next years are enumerated: coordination across working groups and project teams, quality management, and international harmonisation (especially with the USA).
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: De Moor
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000592:standards; D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D005060:Europe; D007391:International Cooperation; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control; D013358:Subject Headings