Actor type | Examples | Tasks related to e-Health standards |
E-Health standards development organizations (SDOs) | ISO, CEN, HL7, SNOMED International, DICOM, WHO FIC, IHE, etc. | Development of e-Health standards Standardization of health information requires a combination of technical and health care expertise. |
System developers and vendors | DIPS, Visma, Cambio, UNA, Esko Systems, Mediconsult, CGI, TietoEVRY, Cerner, Epic, etc. | Data experts offer critical subject matter expertise and support to development of systems and products. Use of e-Health standards in products Participation in e-Health standards and implementation guide development |
Health professionals and health professional organizations | Doctors, nurses, midwives, physical therapists, pharmacists etc. | Use of systems Participation in requirements specifications for systems Participation in e-Health standards development. |
Health service provider organizations | Hospital management, health region management, health region ICT management | Funding of acquisitions Integration of systems Use of systems which utilise e-Health standards |
Patients and patient organizations | Patients, clients, users, inhabitants | User needs must be captured Use of systems |
National authorities | Swedish eHealth agency (E-hälsomyndigheten), Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Norwegian Directorate of Health (Helsedirektoratet), Directorate of Health (Embætti landlæknis), Danish Health Data Authority (Sundhedsdatastyrelsen) | Steering and legislation Research partnership? Define and publish standardized data models, terminologies, code systems and respective values sets for each defined data set. Adopt or adapt international e-Health standards for use in Nordic countries. Promote Nordic requirements to be reflected in these international e-Health standards. Development or steering of implementation guides. Cooperation with each other. Engage with and learn from other countries that have a proven track record of advancing e-Health standards. |