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