Affiliations

Health Level Seven International (HL7) is the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology with members in over 55 countries.
www.hl7.org

The Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC, The Consortium) is a national non-profit membership-based organization of federal, state, and local health agencies; professional associations, academia; public and private sector organizations; international members; and individuals. Its goal is to empower the healthcare and public health communities with health information technology standards to improve individual and community health.
www.phdsc.org

The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) is a cooperative partnership between the public and private sectors. The Panel was formed for the purpose of harmonizing and integrating standards that will meet clinical and business needs for sharing information among organizations and systems.
www.hitsp.org

IHE is an initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information. IHE promotes the coordinated use of established standards such as DICOM and HL7 to address specific clinical need in support of optimal patient care. Systems developed in accordance with IHE communicate with one another better, are easier to implement, and enable care providers to use information more effectively.
www.ihe.net

The MSGRCC is one of seven regional collaborative centers covering the nation. It is federally funded by the US. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Genetic Services Branch. The Texas Health Institute administers this grant which is designed to support a regional coordinating center that provides infrastructure for state genetics programs, capacity building for regional genetic and newborn screening collaboratives and to improve early identification of infants. The Mountain States Genetics Regional Collaborative Center includes the states of Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.
www.msgrcc.org

The Standards and Interoperability (S&I) Framework empowers healthcare stakeholders to establish standards, specifications and other implementation guidance that facilitate effective healthcare information exchange. The S&I Framework creates a forum – enabled by integrated functions, processes, and tools – where healthcare stakeholders can focus on solving real-world interoperability challenges.
www.siframework.org