Health Informatics — Reference standards portfolio (RSP) — Clinical imaging

This standard establishes the reference standards portfolio (RSP) for the clinical imaging domain. An RSP lists the principal health information technology (HIT) standards that form the basis of implementing and deploying interoperable applications in the target domain. An RSP also includes a description of the domain, a normative list of standards, and an informative framework for mapping the standards to example deployment use cases. The lists do not include standards that are specifically national in scope.

The primary target audience for this standard is policymakers (governmental or organisational), regulators, project planners and HIT managers. This standard will also be of interest to other stakeholders such as equipment and HIT vendors, clinical and health information management (HIM) professionals and standards developers.

The intended usage of this document is to inform decisions about selecting the standards that will form the basis of integration projects in geographic regions or healthcare organisations. This includes, for example, what standards to use for capturing/encoding/exchanging certain types of information; what standards to use for interfaces between the devices and information systems that support information capture, management, exchange, processing and use; and what standards to use for specific use cases/deployment scenarios. The selected standards, and/or corresponding RSP clauses, might be useful when drafting project specifications.

Main sections:

· Scope

· Normative references

· Terms and definitions

· Clinical imaging domain

· Portfolio of reference standards

· Implementation use case guidance

· Annex A: Process for RSP population and maintenance