{{Short description|European Union technical standards committee}} {{ic|date=March 2018}} '''CEN/TC 251''' (CEN Technical Committee 251) is a technical decision making body within the [[European Committee for Standardization]] (CEN) working on standardization in the field of Health Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the [[European Union]]. The goal is to achieve compatibility and interoperability between independent systems and to enable modularity in [[Electronic Health Record]] systems.
Workgroups establish requirements for health information structure in order to support clinical and administrative procedures, technical methods to support interoperable systems. In addition they establish requirements regarding safety, security and quality.
==Workgroups== The two Working Groups (WGs) in CEN/TC 251 are : *WG 1: Enterprise and Information *WG 2: Technology and Applications
==See also== * [[ContSys]] * [[EHRcom]] * [[European Institute for Health Records]] * [[Health Informatics Service Architecture]] (HISA) * [[HIPAA]] (USA) * [[Health Level 7]] International * [[International Classification of Primary Care]] (ICPC) * [[ISO TC 215]] * [[openEHR]] Foundation * [[ProRec]]
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719170357/http://www.cen.eu/CEN/Sectors/TechnicalCommitteesWorkshops/CENTechnicalCommittees/Pages/Standards.aspx?param=6232&title=CEN%2FTC+251 CEN/TC 251 - Published standards] * CEN/TC 251 is a member of the [http://www.global-ehealth-standards.com/ Global Health Informatics Standardization]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110825181606/http://www.jointinitiativecouncil.org/ Joint Initiative Council] {{List of CEN technical committees|state=autocollapse}} {{DEFAULTSORT:CEN TC 251}} [[Category:Standards for electronic health records]] [[Category:EN standards]] [[Category:CEN technical committees]]
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