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Secretariat: ANSI
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Chairperson (until end 2026):Mr Todd Cooper
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ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
- Creation date: 1998
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Standardization in the field of health informatics, to facilitate capture, interchange and use of health-related data, information, and knowledge to support and enable all aspects of the health system.
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Reference | Title | Type |
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ISO/TC 215/SC 1 | Genomics Informatics | Subcommittee |
ISO/TC 215/CAG 1 | Executive council, harmonization and operations | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/CAG 02 | Advisory group | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/JWG 1 | Joint ISO/TC 215 - ISO/TC 249 WG: Traditional Chinese Medicine (Informatics) | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/JWG 7 | Joint ISO/TC 215 - IEC/SC 62A WG: Safe, effective and secure health software and health IT systems, including those incorporating medical devices | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/MA 1 | ISO 27269 Maintenance Agency | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/TF 1 | Task Force on Quantities and Units to be used in e-health | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/TF 3 | Outreach & Communications | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/TF 5 | AI technologies in health informatics | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/TF 6 | Process and quality improvement | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/TF 7 | Telehealth and Virtual Care (TVC) Standards | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/WG 1 | Architecture, Frameworks and Models | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/WG 2 | Systems and Device Interoperability | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/WG 3 | Semantic content | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/WG 4 | Security, Safety and Privacy | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/WG 6 | Pharmacy and medicines business | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/WG 10 | Traditional Medicine | Working group |
ISO/TC 215/WG 11 | Personalized digital health | Working group |
Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
Reference | Title |
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ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 3 | Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC42 - ISO/TC 215 WG : AI enabled health informatics |
ISO/TC 249/JWG 1 | Joint ISO/TC 249 - ISO/TC 215 WG: Informatics |
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 215
The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 215:
Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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IEC/SC 62A | Common aspects of medical equipment, software, and systems | IEC |
IEC/SyC AAL | Active Assisted Living | IEC |
IEC/TC 62 | Medical equipment, software, and systems | IEC |
IEC/TC 106 | Methods for the assessment of electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields associated with human exposure | IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1 | Information technology | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 | Telecommunications and information exchange between systems | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 | Software and systems engineering | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 | Cards and security devices for personal identification | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 | Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 | Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 | Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 | Data management and interchange | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 | Information technology for learning, education and training | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 | Internet of things and digital twin | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 | Artificial intelligence | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 43 | Brain-computer interfaces | ISO/IEC |
ISO/TC 12 | Quantities and units | ISO |
ISO/TC 37 | Language and terminology | ISO |
ISO/TC 46 | Information and documentation | ISO |
ISO/TC 106 | Dentistry | ISO |
ISO/TC 106/SC 3 | Terminology | ISO |
ISO/TC 121 | Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment | ISO |
ISO/TC 145 | Graphical symbols | ISO |
ISO/TC 154 | Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration | ISO |
ISO/TC 170 | Surgical instruments | ISO |
ISO/TC 210 | Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices | ISO |
ISO/TC 212 | Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 249 | Traditional Chinese medicine | ISO |
ISO/TC 276 | Biotechnology | ISO |
ISO/TC 307 | Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies | ISO |
ISO/TC 314 | Ageing societies | ISO |
Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 215
ISO/TC 215 can access the documents of the committees below:
Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
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IEC/SC 62A | Common aspects of medical equipment, software, and systems | IEC |
IEC/SyC AAL | Active Assisted Living | IEC |
IEC/TC 62 | Medical equipment, software, and systems | IEC |
ISO/CASCO | Committee on conformity assessment | ISO |
ISO/IEC JTC 1 | Information technology | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 | Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 | Data management and interchange | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 | Biometrics | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 | Internet of things and digital twin | ISO/IEC |
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 | Artificial intelligence | ISO/IEC |
ISO/TC 12 | Quantities and units | ISO |
ISO/TC 37 | Language and terminology | ISO |
ISO/TC 106 | Dentistry | ISO |
ISO/TC 145 | Graphical symbols | ISO |
ISO/TC 176/SC 2 | Quality systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 176/SC 3 | Supporting technologies | ISO |
ISO/TC 212 | Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems | ISO |
ISO/TC 249 | Traditional Chinese medicine | ISO |
ISO/TC 262 | Risk management | ISO |
ISO/TC 268 | Sustainable cities and communities | ISO |
ISO/TC 276 | Biotechnology | ISO |
ISO/TC 304 | Healthcare organization management | ISO |
ISO/TC 307 | Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies | ISO |
ISO/TC 314 | Ageing societies | ISO |
Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym | Title | Category |
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BBMRI-ERIC | Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure | A |
CDISC | Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, Inc. | A |
COCIR | European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry | A |
DICOM | DICOM Standards Committee | A |
EFPIA | European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations | A |
GS1 | GS1 | A |
HL7 | Health Level Seven International | A |
HON | Health On the Net Foundation | A |
ICC - commerce | International Chamber of Commerce | A |
ICN | International Council of Nurses | A |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc | A |
IFCC | International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine | A |
IHE | Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise International | A |
IHTSDO | International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization | A |
IMIA | International Medical Informatics Association | A |
INLAC | Latinoamerican Institute for Quality Assurance | A |
ISTHealth | International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth | A |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union | A |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD | A |
UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | A |
WHO | World Health Organization | A |
WONCA | World Organization of Family Doctors | A |
Organizations in liaison (Category C)
C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group
Acronym | Title | Category |
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CDISC | Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, Inc. | C |
ICH | The International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use | C |
IHE | Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise International | C |
Date | Month | Location | TC/SC | Note |
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27-30 | May 2025 | London (United Kingdom) | ISO/TC 215 | ** |
* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional
ISO/TC 215 - Secretariat
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