ENV 13606-1:2000

Health informatics - Electronic healthcare record communication - Part 1: Extended architecture

Scope

The overall goal is to deliver a communication architectural standard for Electronic Healthcare Records. To the healthcare organisation and the clinicians this architecture offers protection for their investment in clinical information against the vagaries of incompatible systems and from the changes arising from the passage of time. To the individual person, in so far as their health and care depends upon the safe communication of clinical information, the architecture offers a more direct benefit both immediately and longer term with respect to continuity of care.