BS EN ISO 13940:2016 defines a system of concepts for different aspects of the provision of healthcare.

The core business in healthcare is the interaction between subjects of care and healthcare professionals. Such interactions occur in healthcare/clinical processes and are the justification for the process approach of this International Standard. To be able to represent both clinical content and clinical context, this International Standard is related to a generic healthcare/clinical process model as well as comprehensive concept definitions and concept models for the clinical, management and resource aspects of healthcare services.

In practice this International Standard covers the concept definitions needed whenever structured information in healthcare is specified as a requirement. The definitions are intended to refer to the conceptual level only and not to details of implementation. This International Standard will cover all levels of specifications in the development of

• logical reference models within the information viewpoint as a common basis for semantic interoperability on international, national or local levels,
• information systems, and
• information for specified types of clinical processes.

How to perform specific healthcare/clinical/informatics processes is not covered by this International Standard.

Healthcare research processes and healthcare educational processes are not covered in this International Standard.


Cross References:
ISO 9000
ISO 9001:2015
EN 12264:2005
EN 12381:2005
EN 12967-1:2009
EN 12967-2:2011
EN 12967-3:2011
ISO 13606-1:2008
ISO 13606-2:2008
ISO/TS 13606-4:2009
EN 13940-1:2007
EN 14822-1:2005
EN 14822-2:2005
EN 14822-3:2005
ISO/IEC Guide 76:2008
ISO Guide 73:2009
ISO 17090-1:2013
ISO 17090-2:2008
ISO 17090-3:2008
ISO/TR 18307:2001
ISO/TR 20514:2005
ISO 18308:2011
ISO/IEC 2382:2015
ISO/IEC 15414:2015
ISO/IEC 6523-1:1998
ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015
ISO/TS 21298:2008
ISO 11615:2012
ISO/HL7 21731:2006
ISO/IEC 14776-151:2010
ISO 1087-1:2000
ISO 1087-2:2000
ISO 8459:2009
ISO 10303-1:1994
ISO 10303-22:1998
ISO 14971:2007
ISO 22600-1:2014


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