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Healthcare Interoperability Standards Compliance Handbook

Conformance and Testing of Healthcare Data Exchange Standards

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Authors:
  1. Frank Oemig

    1. Deutsche Telekom Healthcare and Security Solutions GmbH, Mülheim, Germany

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  2. Robert Snelick

    1. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, USA

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  • Explains the advantages of applying the principles of conformance and conformance testing to development and use of interoperability standards commonly used in healthcare worldwide

  • Maximizes reader insight into the link between well-written, standards-based, implementation specifications and rigorous conformance testing

  • Introduces standardization bodies and provides insight into their data exchange standards including HL7, EDIFACT, DICOM, and ebXML

  • Offers an overview about a common set of established tools

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xlvi
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  2. Healthcare Information Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 3-30

    3. Architecture

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 31-73

    4. Healthcare Standards Landscape

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 75-103

    5. Healthcare Data Exchange Standards

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 105-156

  3. Conformance (and Tools)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Conformance Constructs

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 159-221

    3. Principles of Specifying Conformance

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 223-242

    4. Principles of Effective Profiling

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 243-313

    5. Profile Relationships

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 315-338

    6. Conformance Profiling Tools

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 339-361

  4. Testing (and Tools)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 363-363
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    2. Testing Models

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 365-381

    3. Principles of Conformance Testing

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 383-444

    4. Conformity Assessment

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 445-480

    5. Testing Architectures

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 481-524

    6. Testing Tools

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 525-558

    7. Testing and Certification Programs

      • Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick
      Pages 559-589

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 591-662
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About this book

This book focuses on the development and use of interoperability standards related to healthcare information technology (HIT) and provides in-depth discussion of the associated essential aspects. The book explains the principles of conformance, examining how to improve the content of healthcare data exchange standards (including HL7 v2.x, V3/CDA, FHIR, CTS2, DICOM, EDIFACT, and ebXML), the rigor of conformance testing, and the interoperability capabilities of healthcare applications for the benefit of healthcare professionals who use HIT, developers of HIT applications, and healthcare consumers who aspire to be recipients of safe and effective health services facilitated through meaningful use of well-designed HIT.


Readers will understand the common terms interoperability, conformance, compliance and compatibility, and be prepared to design and implement their own complex interoperable healthcare information system. Chapters address the practical aspects of the subject matter to enable application of previously theoretical concepts. The book provides real-world, concrete examples to explain how to apply the information, and includes many diagrams to illustrate relationships of entities and concepts described in the text.


Designed for professionals and practitioners, this book is appropriate for implementers and developers of HIT, technical staff of information technology vendors participating in the development of standards and profiling initiatives, informatics professionals who design conformance testing tools, staff of information technology departments in healthcare institutions, and experts involved in standards development. Healthcare providers and leadership of provider organizations seeking a better understanding of conformance, interoperability, and IT certification processes will benefit from this book, as will students studying healthcare information technology.




Authors and Affiliations

  • Deutsche Telekom Healthcare and Security Solutions GmbH, Mülheim, Germany

    Frank Oemig

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, USA

    Robert Snelick

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Healthcare Interoperability Standards Compliance Handbook

  • Book Subtitle: Conformance and Testing of Healthcare Data Exchange Standards

  • Authors: Frank Oemig, Robert Snelick

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44839-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44837-4Published: 06 January 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83146-6Published: 29 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44839-8Published: 18 December 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLVI, 662

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 289 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Health Informatics, Health Informatics, System Performance and Evaluation, Health Administration

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