About CEN
The European Committee for Standardization is one of three European Standardization Organizations (together with CENELEC and ETSI) that have been officially recognized by the European Union and by the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) as being responsible for developing and defining voluntary standards at European level.
CEN/TC 251/WG 2 |
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Technology and Applications |
Scope
WG 2 is concerned with standards and specifications in the field of Health Information and Communications Technology (Health ICT), including safety and security aspects, to achieve compatibility and interoperability between independent systems.
The scope includes, but is not limited to, standardization of:
- The application of Health ICT to physical medical devices for plug-and-play interoperability at the point of care and to medical imaging device interoperability;
- Data communication between personal health devices and other systems;
- The data formats used for the exchange of information from medical and other health devices to other systems;
- The production of safe and secure software for health purposes;
- The application of risk management for IT-infrastructure incorporating medical devices;
- The exchange of information with conventional (medical) software for health professionals, the emerging field of health software for consumers, often referred to as mobile health, and the exchange of social care data.
Further information
Secretariat | SFS (CEN) |
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