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HL7 Version 3 Standard: Personnel Management

Category
Standard
Organisation
HL7
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
This standard covers various clinical administrative information functions associated with organisations, individuals, animals and devices involved in delivering and supporting healthcare services.

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Privacy, Access and Security Services; Security Labeling Service, Release 1 (SLS)

Category
Standard
Organisation
HL7
ID
ANSI/HL7 V3 PASS SECURITY LABELSRV, R1-2014 (R2024)
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Jul-24
This standard aims to describe the business requirements for the Security Labelling Service and Privacy and Security Protective Service by which an Access Control Service decides whether access should be allowed and enforces those decisions, including related data segmentation obligations.

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Registries; Real Time Location Tracking, Release 1

Category
Standard
Organisation
HL7
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
A Real-Time Location System tracks the location of tags associated with patients, providers and equipment within a healthcare facility. This standard defines storyboards, trigger events, information models and interactions for exchanging information between Real-Time Location Systems and administrative systems that require real-time location information.

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Regulated Studies; Annotated ECG (aECG), Release 1

Category
Standard
Organisation
HL7
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
This standard provides a means to systematically evaluate ECG waveforms and measurement locations. It responds to the United States Food and Drug Association’s need for more systematic evaluation of noncardiac drugs for negative cardiac effects.

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Regulated Studies; Regulated Product Submissions (RPS), Release 2

Category
Standard
Organisation
HL7
Type
Standard
Version
2
Access
Open
Status
Active
This standard defines the message for exchanging information electronically between regulators and industry, and between sets of regulators. The message is designed to be flexible enough to be used to support regulatory exchanges for any regulated product (for example, foods, medical devices and medicines).

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Representation of the Health Quality Measure Format (eMeasure) Release 1

Category
Standard
Organisation
HL7
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
The Health Quality Measures Format provides a standard for representing a health quality measure as an electronic document. Quality measures provide an indication of an individual or organisation’s performance in relation to a specified process or outcome via the measurement of an action, process or outcome of clinical care.

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Security and Privacy Ontology, Release 1

Category
Supplementary Resource
Organisation
HL7
ID
ANSI/HL7 V3 SECPRONT, R1-2014 (R2019)
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
May-19
The HL7 Security and Privacy Ontology serves to name, define, formally describe and interrelate key security and privacy concepts within the scope of healthcare information technology.

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Transmission Infrastructure, Release 2

Category
Standard
Organisation
HL7
Type
Standard
Version
2
Access
Open
Status
Active
In the context of healthcare messaging, this standard is primarily concerned with the data content of exchanges between healthcare applications, the sequence or interrelationships in the flow of messages, and the communication of significant application-level exceptions or error conditions.

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Transport Specifications - MLLP

Category
Standard
Organisation
HL7
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
The Minimum Lower Layer Protocol (MLLP) provides both a minimalistic Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)-session layer framing protocol and a minimalistic reliable transport protocol.

HL7 Version 3 Standard: XML Implementation Technology Specification - V3 Structures for Wire Format Compatible Release 1 Data Types, Release 1

Category
Specification
Organisation
HL7
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Mar-14
Updated
Jul-24
This resource is a bridge specification to allow a smooth transition between datatypes R1 and datatypes R2. It describes how HL7 V3 compliant messages can be expressed using XML and how the definition of the set of valid XML instance documents is derived from a specific HL7 Message Type.

HL7 Version 3 Standard: XML Implementation Technology Specification - V3 Structures, Release 2

Category
Specification
Organisation
HL7
ID
ANSI/HL7 V3 XMLITSSTR, R2-2013 (R2024)
Type
Standard
Version
2
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Sep-05
Updated
May-24
This document presents an Implementable Technology Specification (ITS) for the encoding rules for HL7 Version 3 messages based on the Extensible Markup Language XML. It represents the method that is recommended by HL7, describing the underlying rules and principles.

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Reference Information Model, Release 7

Category
Supplementary Resource
Organisation
HL7
ID
ANSI/HL7 V3 RIM, R7-2016 (R2021)
Type
Standard
Version
7
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Jul-16
Updated
Dec-21
The HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM) is a critical component of the HL7 V3 family of standards. It is the root of all information models and structures developed as part of the V3 development process.

HL7 Version 3 GELLO Implementation Guide: Clinical Decision Support; Model Definition Language for GELLO, Release 1

HL7 Normative Standard
Category
Implementation Guide
Organisation
HL7
ID
ANSI/HL7 V3 GELLO IG CDS MDL, R1-2017 (R2022)
Type
Standard
Version
1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Nov-22
This document defines a grammar for defining the classes and data types that can be used by a GELLO compiler or any other rule execution engine or authoring environment, to ensure good interoperability of clinical decision support logic between institutions.

UDI Guidance: Unique Device Identification (UDI) of Medical Devices

Category
Guidance Document
Organisation
International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF)
ID
IMDRF/UDI WG/N7FINAL:2013
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Dec-13
This document provides non-binding rules to support the regulation of medical devices. It offers a framework for regulatory authorities that intend to develop their unique device identification (UDI) systems.

Unique Device Identification system (UDI system) Application Guide

Category
Guideline
Organisation
International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF)
ID
IMDRF/UDI WG/N48FINAL:2019
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Mar-19
This application guide provides the details and specifications necessary for a harmonised approach to applying the requirements of the IMDRF UDI Guidance (IMDRF/WG UDI/N7Final:2013).

Data Analytics with SNOMED CT

Category
User guide
Organisation
SNOMED
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Mar-21
This document reviews current approaches, tools and techniques for performing data analytics using SNOMED CT and shares developing practice in this area.

COVID-19 Data Coding using SNOMED CT

Category
User guide
Organisation
SNOMED
Type
Standard
Version
1.2
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Aug-21
This guide provides practical examples of SNOMED CT subsets that can be used to code a variety of COVID-19 related data elements, such as symptoms, risk factors and test results.

Decision Support with SNOMED CT

Category
User guide
Organisation
SNOMED
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Mar-21
This guide explains how SNOMED CT may be used to support data analytics, and how integrating clinical records with decision support tools can improve the care provided to individual patients by guiding safe, appropriate and effective patient care.

ICD-10 Mapping Technical Guide

Category
User guide
Organisation
SNOMED
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Dec-20
This document describes the mapping use cases and technical procedures applied to the co-development of a SNOMED CT to ICD-10 map by SNOMED International and the World Health Organization (WHO).

SNOMED CT Search and Data Entry Guide

Category
User guide
Organisation
SNOMED
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Nov-17
This guide provides advice on searching the content of SNOMED CT to find concepts that represent particular clinical ideas, and entry of relevant clinical information in electronic health records.

SNOMED Glossary

Category
User guide
Organisation
SNOMED
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
Mar-19
This glossary provides consistent definitions for terms in used in SNOMED CT documentation, E-Learning presentations and related materials.

SNOMED CT Terminology Services Guide

Category
User guide
Organisation
SNOMED
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Sep-20
This document identifies and describes the terminology services required to support effective access to the content and features of SNOMED CT.

Working with SNOMED CT as a Clinician

Information about SNOMED CT and SNOMED International’s clinical engagement initiatives
Category
Supplementary Resource
Organisation
SNOMED
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
This factsheet provides an overview of SNOMED CT’s engagement with clinicians.

Working with SNOMED CT as a Vendor

Helping the vendor community extend SNOMED CT functionality and benefits directly to their customers
Category
Supplementary Resource
Organisation
SNOMED
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
This factsheet provides an overview of SNOMED CT for vendors.

AU Core Implementation Guide

Category
Implementation Guide
Organisation
Sparked
Type
Standard
Version
0.2.2
Access
Open
Status
Draft
This guide supports the implementation of AU Core. It is a working specification that may be directly implemented by FHIR system producers.

Health Care Client Identification

Category
Standard
Organisation
Standards Australia
ID
AS 5017-2006
Type
Standard
Access
Fees apply to access
Status
Superseded
Created
Jun-06
This standard is a voluntary code of practice. It provides a framework for improving the positive identification of clients in health care organisations.

Standards for general practices (5th edition)

A benchmark for quality care and risk management in Australian general practices
Category
Standard
Organisation
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
Type
Standard
Version
5
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Jul-17
Updated
Feb-23
This document sets out the standards for general practices, developed by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).

The Unified Code for Units of Measure

Category
Specification
Organisation
Regenstrief Institute
Type
Standard
Version
2.2
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
Jun-24
The Unified Code for Units of Measure is a code system intended to include all units of measures being contemporarily used in international science, engineering, and business.

Formal Grammar for UCUM

Category
Specification
Organisation
Regenstrief Institute
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
This resource presents one option to express a formal grammar for UCUM.

Child protection Australia 2021–22

Category
Reference Table
Organisation
AIHW
ID
CWS 92
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
This resource consists of an initial report followed by 3 updates, each focussing on a specific area of interest in child protection systems.

Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 2023: interactive data

Category
Supplementary Resource
Organisation
AIHW
ID
IHW 278
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
Updated
Dec-23
This set of interactive data visualisations is part of the seventh annual report on the Eye health measures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) people. The interactive data allows allow users to explore the data in more detail and customise the data and figures to meet their information needs.

CDA R2.1 (HL7 Clinical Document Architecture, Release 2.1)

Category
Standard
Organisation
HL7
Type
Standard
Version
2.1
Access
Open
Status
Active
Created
2019
This standard is a document markup standard that specifies the structure and semantics of clinical documents for the purpose of exchange between healthcare providers and patients.

CDS Hooks 2.0 Release

Category
Specification
Organisation
HL7
Type
Standard
Version
2
Access
Open
Status
Active
This specification for clinical decision support describes a ‘hook’-based pattern for invoking decision support from within a clinician's workflow.

DICOM Parts 1-22: Bulk Download

Category
Standard
Organisation
DICOM
Type
Standard
Access
Open
Status
Active
The DICOM Standard is an international standard for medical images and related information. It defines the formats for medical images that can be exchanged with the data and quality necessary for clinical use.

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