ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) standards for medical computing

• Published in: Computers in healthcare Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 25 - 26
• Main Author: Megargle, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Questex, LLC 01.02.1990
• Subjects: Clinical Laboratory Information Systems - standards; Computer Systems - standards; Data communications; Health administration; Hospitals; Information systems; Medical Records - standards; United States; United States

One of the founders of the Healthcare Information Standards Coordinating Committee (HISCC), formed two years ago, discusses the need for and status of development of standards that allow incompatible systems to share healthcare data. IS standards underpin the entire concept of networking, which stan...