title: Standards for the electronic health record, emerging from health care's Tower of Babel.
abstract: This paper considers the standardization of an Electronic Health Record (EHR). Relations between several distinct medical datasets and information systems are mapped in order to derive a more precise definition of the EHR. Two international efforts to establish standards for the EHR are presented and critiqued. Strategies for standardizing the EHR are analyzed and recommendations are provided for approaching the standardization process.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Informatics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Schoeffler
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000592:standards; D007391:International Cooperation; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*