Health informatics — Patient healthcard data – Part 8: Links

This standard defines a way to facilitate access to distributed patient records and/or administrative information using healthcards. It defines the structure and elements of the ‘links’ typically stored in healthcards and representing references to individual patients' records as well as to subcomponents of them.

This standard is part 8 of 8 in the ISO 21549 series of International Standards which provides data structures and definitions for data objects on patient data cards.

Main sections:

· Scope

· Normative references

· Terms and definitions

· Abbreviated terms

· Requirements

· Structure

· Annex A: ASN.1 data definitions

· Annex B: Examples