Standard Specification for Transferring Clinical Observations Between Independent Computer Systems<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Preface In 2001, ASTM Committee E31 decided to restructure its operations, with the intent of focusing on standards-development issues such as security, privacy, and the electronic health record. Part of the reorganization plan was to explore the option of transferring responsibility for nine E31.13 standards to NCCLS. The NCCLS Area Committee on Automation and Informatics, at its meeting in April 2002, reached a positive assessment of the value of the ASTM standards and encouraged the NCCLS Executive Offices staff to pursue negotiations with ASTM on transferring these standards to NCCLS. Following this transfer, these nine standards (formerly ASTM E792; E1029; E1238; E1246; E1381; E1394; E1466; E1639; and E2118) have been redesignated as NCCLS standards LIS1 through LIS9. The Area Committee on Automation and Informatics has assumed responsibility for maintaining the documents and will revise or update each document in accord with NCCLS Administrative Procedures. This document is the equivalent of ASTM E1238 but has been redesignated and is now maintained by NCCLS. This document has been approved as an American National Standard (ANSI\/ASTM E1238-97).<\/p>\n
Scope 1.1 General Approach\u2014This specification covers the two-way digital transmission of requests for, and results of, tests, diagnostic studies, and care-provider observations between requestors (for example, hospital information systems, clinical workstations, office practice computers) and producers (for example, clinical laboratory systems, radiology systems, EKG machines, nursing care systems). It specifies the logical format and encoding rules for messages needed to interchange any clinical information that can be reported in a textual form. It enables any two systems to establish a link for communicating text to send result or request information in a standard and interpretable form. It deals not only with general information about diagnostic testing, but specific details useful for clinical practice, administration, and research in a comprehensive, but flexible, convention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[26],"product_tag":[],"yoast_head":"\n