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Approved standards

Health Information Standards Organisation (HISO) standards are open, non-proprietary standards for health providers and their industry partners.
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  • Connected Health standards

    Standards providing the technical background for Connected Health, the secure network for the New Zealand health sector.
  • Health record standards

    Standards for the structure, content and sharing of digital records supporting the health and wellness of patients and consumers.
  • Identity standards

    Standards for the collection of consumer and health practitioner identity data.
  • Information governance

    Rapidly advancing technology is affecting many parts of our daily lives, including the way health professionals and everyday people access, and share,
  • Interoperability standards

    Standards for ensuring different health information systems are interoperable.
  • Laboratory information standards

    Standards for ordering and reporting laboratory tests and for reporting notifiable diseases.
  • Medicines information standards

    Standards for pharmaceutical orders, medication charting and reconciliation, and medical device information.
  • Mental health information standards

    Standards describing the data in PRIMHD, the national collection for mental health and addiction services.
  • Security standards

    Standards for managing the security of health information.
  • Supply chain standards

    Data and digital standards for the health and disability system supply chain.
  • Screening data standards

    Standards for screening data

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  • Background
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  • FAIR data principles
  • Evaluating business cases against HISO standards
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