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Approved standards

Health Information Standards Organisation (HISO) standards are open, non-proprietary standards for health providers and their industry partners.
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  • API Standards

    Standards providing the technical background for developing application programming interfaces for the provision and consumption of health information
  • Connected Health standards

    Standards providing the technical background for Connected Health, the secure network for the New Zealand health sector.
  • Digital Infrastructure Standards

    National standards for the design and implementation of digital infrastructure.
  • Health record standards

    Standards for the structure, content and sharing of digital records supporting the health and wellness of patients and consumers.
  • Identity standards

    Standards for consumer and health provider identity data.
  • Information governance

    Rapidly advancing technology is affecting many parts of our daily lives, including the way health professionals and everyday people access, and share.
  • Interoperability standards

    Standards for ensuring different health information systems are interoperable.
  • Laboratory information standards

    Standards for ordering and reporting laboratory tests and for reporting notifiable diseases.
  • Medicines information standards

    Standards for pharmaceutical orders, medication charting and reconciliation, and medical device information.
  • Mental health information standards

    Standards for our national mental health and addiction services data.
  • Screening data standards

    Standards for screening data
  • Security standards

    Standards for managing the security of health information
  • Supply chain standards

    Data and digital standards for the health and disability system supply chain.
  • New Zealand Patient Summary

    Our new data exchange standard for core personal health information in Aotearoa New Zealand, built on the International Patient Summary (IPS).
  • New Zealand Pathology Observation Code Sets (NZPOCS)

    Our standard code sets for ordering and reporting pathology and laboratory tests and results

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