The ISO-HL7 PHR International Survey team invites to participate in a survey of the international uses of Personal Health Records and Personal Health Informatics. The goal of this survey is to inform and update the standards-development community of the current needs, desires, and trends surrounding the electronic Personal Health Record (PHR). Two international standards-development organizations (International Organization for Standardization - ISO and Health Level Seven - HL7) are collaborating on this survey in hopes of accommodating various business models, policies, and approaches - and fostering an environment that promotes interoperability and innovation worldwide.
The survey should take between ten and fifteen minutes to complete - depending on the amount of supplemental, clarifying information you provide in the 'Other, Please Specify' fields.
ISO-HL7 PHR International Survey web link http://fs7.formsite.com/Informatics/HL7ISOPHR/index.html
The survey closes 31 October 2007. Those who complete the survey will receive the tabulated results via email.
The results of the survey will be used to update the HL7 PHR-System Functional Model.
Note: The current version of the Model can be downloaded for free from www.HL7.org/ehr.
About HL7
Founded in 1987, Health Level Seven, Inc. is a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited
standards developing organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related
standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that
supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and evaluation of health services. HL7's more
than 2,300 members represent approximately 500 corporate members, which includes more than 90
percent of the information systems vendors serving healthcare.
HL7's endeavors are sponsored, in part, by the support of its benefactors: Accenture; Booz Allen Hamilton, Boston Scientific Corporation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI); Eclipsys Corporation; Eli Lilly & Company; Epic Systems Corporation; the Food and Drug Administration; GE Healthcare Information Technologies; GlaxoSmithKline; IBM; Intel Corporation; InterSystems Corporation; Kaiser Permanente; McKesson Provider Technologies; Microsoft Corporation; Misys Healthcare Systems; NHS Connecting for Health; NICTIZ National Healthcare; Novartis; Oracle Corporation; Partners HealthCare System, Inc.; Pfizer, Inc.; Philips Medical Systems; Progress Software Corporation-DataDirect Technologies Division; QuadraMed Corporation; Quest Diagnostics Inc.; Science Applications International Corporation; Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services; Solucient, LLC.; St. Jude Medical; the U.S. Department of Defense, Military Health System; the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.
Numerous HL7 Affiliates have been established around the globe including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Uruguay. For further information, visit www.HL7.org.
About ISO
ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 157 countries, on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.
ISO is a non-governmental organization: its members are not, as is the case in the United Nations system, delegations of national governments. Nevertheless, ISO occupies a special position between the public and private sectors. This is because, on the one hand, many of its member institutes are part of the governmental structure of their countries, or are mandated by their government. On the other hand, other members have their roots uniquely in the private sector, having been set up by national partnerships of industry associations.
Therefore, ISO is able to act as a bridging organization in which a consensus can be reached on solutions that meet both the requirements of business and the broader needs of society, such as the needs of stakeholder groups like consumers and users. For further information, visit www.iso.org.