Published Standards Under the Jurisdiction of E31

Committee E31 on Healthcare Informatics

Chairman: C. Peter Waegemann Medical Records InstituteVice-Chairman: Peter L. Elkin Mayo ClinicRecording Secretary: Ann Geyer Tunitas GroupMembership Secretary: Kathleen M. Hunter

Staff Manager: Daniel Smith (610) 832-9727

Committee Overview:

ASTM Committee E31 on Healthcare Informatics develops standards related to the architecture, content, storage, security, confidentiality, functionality, and communication of information used within healthcare and healthcare decision making, including patient-specific information and knowledge. Established in 1970, E31 meets semi-annually as a committee in May and November. Members and visitors attend three days of meetings that include technical subcommittee sessions and a plenary meeting. Some subcommittees occasionally meet on an accelerated basis. The committee, with current membership of approximately 270 members, currently holds jurisdiction of over 40 approved standards and additional draft standards. Approved standards are published annually in June in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Volume 14.01.

Scope

The promotion of knowledge and development of standard classifications, guides, specifications, practices, and terminology for the architecture, content, storage and communication of information used within healthcare, including patient-specific information and medical knowledge. Standard also address policies for integrity and confidentiality and computer procedures that support the uses of data and healthcare decision making. The Committee's activities will be coordinated with those of other relevant committees and organizations internal and external to ASTM.

Subcommittees highlighted:

E31.17 Privacy, Confidentiality, and Access

E31.19 Electronic Health Record Content and Structure

E31.20 Data and System Security for Health Information

E31.22 Health Information Transcription and Documentation

E31.23 Modeling for Health Informatics

E31.28 Electronic Health Records

Published standards under the jurisdiction of E31.17

E1869-97 Standard Guide for Confidentiality, Privacy, Access, and Data Security Principles for Health Information Including Computer-Based Patient Records

E1986-98 Standard Guide for Information Access Privileges to Health Information

E1987-98 Standard Guide for Individual Rights Regarding Health Information

E1988-98 Standard Guide for Training of Persons who have Access to Health Information

E2017-99 Standard Guide for Amendments to Health Information

E2147-01 Standard Specification for Audit and Disclosure Logs for Use in Health Information Systems

Published standards under the jurisdiction of E31.19

E1239-00 Standard Guide for Description of Reservation/Registration-Admission, Discharge, Transfer (R-ADT) Systems for Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems

E1384-01 Standard Guide for Content and Structure of the Electronic Health Record (EHR)

E1633-02 Standard Specification for Coded Values Used in the Electronic Health Record

E1715-01 Standard Practice for An Object-Oriented Model for Registration, Admitting, Discharge, and Transfer (RADT) Functions in Computer-Based Patient Record Systems

E1744-98 Standard Guide for View of Emergency Medical Care in the Computerized-Based Patient Record

Published standards under the jurisdiction of E31.20

E1714-00 Standard Guide for Properties of a Universal Healthcare Identifier (UHID)

E1762-95 Standard Guide for Electronic Authentication of Health Care Information

E1985-98 Standard Guide for User Authentication and Authorization

E2084-00 Standard Specification for Authentication of Healthcare Information Using Digital Signatures

E2085-00a Standard Guide on Security Framework for Healthcare Information

E2086-00 Standard Guide for Internet and Intranet Healthcare Security

Published standards under the jurisdiction of E31.22

E1902-97 Standard Guide for Management of the Confidentiality and Security of Dictation, Transcription, and Transcribed Health Records

E1959-98 Standard Guide for Requests for Proposals Regarding Medical Transcription Services for Healthcare Institutions

E2117-00 Standard Guide for Identification and Establishment of a Quality Assurance Program for Medical Transcription

E2185-01 Standard Specification for Transferring Digital Voice Data Between Independent Digital Dictation Systems and Workstations

Published standards under the jurisdiction of E31.23

E2145-01 Standard Practice for Modeling in Health Informatics

Published standards under the jurisdiction of E31.28

E2182-02 Standard Specification for Clinical XML DTDs in Healthcare

E2183-02 Standard Guide for XML DTD Design, Architecture and Implementation

E2184-02 Standard Specification for Healthcare Document Formats

New Standard

Specification for GEM: A Document Model For Clinical Practice Guidelines