Hello all
Welcome to the new forum under "medical" here on the Cove. The idea of this forum is to have a place, here in the Cove, to discuss subjects which are hot today and will be even hotter in the following years - the fields of medical information technology, medical software, health IT, and whichever name you might have heard (I could list another 2 or 6 different ones I've heard on the last few years). Although each term I cited can be linked to all or some parts of thius field, the main idea is the interaction of IT/software with healthcare.
There are a lot of activities in this field, and some of those (and which I myself am more involved into) are:
- the standardization works of ISO TC 215 - Health Informatics
- standards for medical device software and health software created by IEC 62 A / ISO TC 215 JWG 7 and IEC 62 A / ISO TC 210 groups
- a series of standards (80001 series) dealing with risk management of IT networks incorporating medical devices, created by IEC 62 A / ISO TC 215 JWG 7
- the works of a lot of institutions/associations/etc. such as HL7, IMIA, IEEE EMBS 11073, and a lot more.
This does not mean that the forum is only related to works of standardization on this area.
One importnt aspect right now is, differently from, for example, the medical device field, the medical IT/health informatics field is not that regulated (and the regulations nowadays are somewhat scattered) - and a lot of things are really blurring at the moment. However, due to the increasing concern with the subject, regulators are becoming aware of the possible need of regulatory enforcement actions (iphone health apps, anyone?). This forum will also come in handy, anticipating and providing ground for discussion of future regulations on the field.
So, please feel free to begin threads on related topics and ask the questions which, in fact, every one of us might have right now!
Welcome to the new forum under "medical" here on the Cove. The idea of this forum is to have a place, here in the Cove, to discuss subjects which are hot today and will be even hotter in the following years - the fields of medical information technology, medical software, health IT, and whichever name you might have heard (I could list another 2 or 6 different ones I've heard on the last few years). Although each term I cited can be linked to all or some parts of thius field, the main idea is the interaction of IT/software with healthcare.
There are a lot of activities in this field, and some of those (and which I myself am more involved into) are:
- the standardization works of ISO TC 215 - Health Informatics
- standards for medical device software and health software created by IEC 62 A / ISO TC 215 JWG 7 and IEC 62 A / ISO TC 210 groups
- a series of standards (80001 series) dealing with risk management of IT networks incorporating medical devices, created by IEC 62 A / ISO TC 215 JWG 7
- the works of a lot of institutions/associations/etc. such as HL7, IMIA, IEEE EMBS 11073, and a lot more.
This does not mean that the forum is only related to works of standardization on this area.
One importnt aspect right now is, differently from, for example, the medical device field, the medical IT/health informatics field is not that regulated (and the regulations nowadays are somewhat scattered) - and a lot of things are really blurring at the moment. However, due to the increasing concern with the subject, regulators are becoming aware of the possible need of regulatory enforcement actions (iphone health apps, anyone?). This forum will also come in handy, anticipating and providing ground for discussion of future regulations on the field.
So, please feel free to begin threads on related topics and ask the questions which, in fact, every one of us might have right now!
