ISO/CD TS 16599-1

Health informatics — Data Governance and Quality — Part 1: Foundations ISO/CD TS 16599-1

Scope

Establishment of the governance and principles which are the foundations of quality data for healthcare to support specification collection and use of quality data in healthcare.

This includes:
● Data Governance
o Organisation of governance, including strategy development and implementation
o Skills and scope of members needed for governance activities
o Monitoring role, leadership, and ongoing improvement
o Reduce data silos - share don’t compete
o Coordination across data boundaries and organizational levels (local, regional, national, international)

● Data Quality Foundation
o Data quality principles
▪ Definitions
▪ If data is not suitable or useful at source - it will not be fit for purpose
▪ Automate aggregation and data selection leveraging EHR to reduce duplication, improve consistency and reduce costs
▪ Identify patterns of data - do not create new concepts if a similar one exists, identify variations
▪ represent the concepts deeded through the supply chain, including identification of follow up actions
▪ Openly available definitions and open discussion
▪ Data for life of the individual - understand the impact of changes

It is not intended that this work defines the requirements for quality information or data models – however the document will indicate where such models impact the quality of the data.