Health informatics — Health informatics profiling framework

This document provides a common description framework for health informatics standards artefacts – the health informatics profiling framework (HIPF). The HIPF aims to provide a consistent method for describing and classifying artefacts within the domain of health informatics standards. It establishes common concepts and a vocabulary for describing the complex domain of various informatics standards initiatives and their supporting artefacts. This common means of description is necessary to facilitate the coordination, communication and comparability of health informatics standards across and between disciplines and jurisdictions.

Using the HIPF should promote the reuse of health informatics knowledge and improve the identification of opportunities for informatics standards alignment, collaboration and coordination.

The HIPF is intended to be used by developers and users of health informatics standards.

Main sections:

· Scope

· Health informatics profiling framework — Overview

· Health informatics profiling framework approach

· Reference and comparisons of health informatics profiling framework to other initiatives

· Annex A: Background

· Annex B: Health informatics profiling framework example meta-model

· Annex C: Framework cell examples

· Annex D: Comparisons to other frameworks and models

· Annex E: Health informatics profiling framework prototype tool and further exploration opportunities