ACC and HIT Standards, Interoperability,
and Certification
The American College of Cardiology is actively involved with health information
technology standards development, interoperability, and certification.
The ACC is a member of the following organizations:
HITSP is a cooperative partnership between the public and private sectors.
The Panel was formed for the purpose of harmonizing and integrating standards
that will meet clinical and business needs for sharing information among
organizations and systems.
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The DICOM Standards Committee exists to create and maintain international
standards for communication of biomedical diagnostic and therapeutic information
in disciplines that use digital images and associated data. The goals
of DICOM are to achieve compatibility and to improve workflow efficiency
between imaging systems and other information systems in healthcare environments
worldwide. DICOM is a cooperative standard. Connectivity works because
vendors cooperate in testing via either scheduled public demonstrations,
over the Internet, or during private test sessions. Every major diagnostic
medical imaging vendor in the world has incorporated the Standard into
its product design, and most are actively participating in the enhancement
of the Standard. Most of the professional societies throughout the world
have supported and are participating in the enhancement of the Standard
as well.
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IHE is an initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve
the way computer systems in healthcare share information. IHE promotes
the coordinates use of established standards such as DICOM and HL7 to
address specific clinical need in support of optimal patient care. Systems
developed in accordance with IHE communicate with one another better,
are easier to implement, and enable care providers to use information
more effectively.
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The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology or
CCHIT is a recognized certification body (RCB) for electronic health records
and their networks, and an independent, voluntary, private-sector initiative.
It is their mission to accelerate the adoption of health information technology
by creating an efficient, credible and sustainable certification program.
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