Component 5; Unit 15 History of Health IT Organizations
Description:
This unit describes the history of health IT organizations.
Objectives:
- Describe the background and original constituencies of AMIA, HIMSS, and AHIMA.
- Describe the changes in major interests that have occurred at AMIA, HIMSS, and AHIMA over time.
- Describe the origins, current focus, and relationships among the following standards development organizations: HL-7, HITSP, ONC Health IT Standards Committee.
Component 5; Unit 15; Lecture 15a comp5_unit15a_lecture_slides
Professional Organizations (14:08): 1) American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA); 2) Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS); 3) American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA); 4) Collaborations among organizations
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Standards Development Organizations (5:48)
Suggested Readings
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Additional Materials
Professional Associations related to health information technology
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) http://www.amia.org/
About AMIA http://www.amia.org/about-amia
History of the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) http://www.amia.org/programs/acmi-fellowship
Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) http://www.himss.org/
Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) http://www.himss.org/sites/himssorg/files/HIMSSorg/Content/files/HistoryHIMSS_January2013.pdf
American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) http://www.ahima.org/
Background and History http://www.ahima.org/about/aboutahima
Standards Development Organizations
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) http://www.iso.org
Background and History http://www.iso.org/iso/about/the_iso_story.htm
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) http://www.ansi.org
Background and History http://www.ansi.org/about_ansi/introduction/history.aspx?menuid=1
Health Level 7 (HL 7) http://www.hl7.org
Background and History http://www.hl7.org/about/index.cfm?ref=nav
Health IT Standards Committee https://www.healthit.gov/facas/health-it-standards-committee
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) http://www.nist.gov
Background and History http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/general_information.cOfm