• Background

    Published standards set requirements for the safe, secure and purposeful use and sharing of health information.

  • Committee members

    Health Information Standards Organisation committee members are drawn from across the health and disability system.

  • Approved standards

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

  • Standards in development

    HISO has an active work programme maintaining and developing health information standards for the New Zealand health and disability sector.

  • Standards lifecycle

    Health information standards have a lifecycle from initial concept to development, publication, adoption and eventual renewal.

  • Standards open for public comment

    The public comment process allows you to have your say on new and revised health information standards before they are published

  • New Zealand FHIR Registry

    The national registry of HL7® FHIR® profiles and implementation guides

  • SNOMED CT terminology service

    We make an online SNOMED CT terminology service available to demonstrate this technology to health software developers

  • FAIR data principles

    The FAIR data principles for health data analytics

  • Evaluating business cases against HISO standards

    How we evaluate business cases for investment in digital health solutions against HISO standards