title: Standardisation in medical informatics in Europe.
abstract: This paper stresses the importance of standardisation in the domain of healthcare informatics and telematics. The paper gives an overview of the current standing of the activities of CEN TC 251 (European Standardisation Committee, Technical Committee on Healthcare Informatics) and describes the scope and content of a number of emerging European standards.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, University of Ghent, Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: De Moor
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006296:Health Services; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000592:standards*; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D012106:Research; D012984:Software; D013597:Systems Analysis; D013685:Telecommunications