International Organization for Standardization

Health informatics - Capacity-based eHealth architecture roadmap - Part 2: Architectural components and maturity model - First Edition
 N TR 14639-2

Annotation

This part of ISO/TR 14639 provides a guide to best practice business requirements and principles for countries and their subordinate health authorities planning and implementing the use of information and communications technology (ICT) to support the delivery and development of healthcare. A business reference architecture is described in terms of components and capabilities that health authorities may use as a framework for building their own eHealth architectures and also for measuring the maturity of their health systems' use of ICT to support the delivery and development of healthcare.

It is worth noting that while this part of ISO/TR 14639 was developed with a particular view to support low- and middle-income countries, it can also be a useful guide for any country. Even if maturity is high in some aspects, highly developed countries may still need advice on architectural components for some aspects of a total eHealth system.

The development of eHealth architectures based on the guidelines set out in this part of ISO/TR 14639 will facilitate and optimize investments in Health Information Systems to achieve the following goals:

a) information being used cost-effectively for improvement of health services;

b) health information being harmonized, consistent, accessible, and able to be used effectively;

c) patients, health professionals, and policy-makers having the right data available to make decisions about health services, treatment, and delivery of care;

d) appropriate information being available to support evidence-based practice and health services planning, health services quality, and safety and to improve public health;