1.1 Main purpose
Continuity of care implies the management of health information in two different perspectives:
− local management of information about the subject of care, at the site of care provision;
− information interchange between health care providers.
1.2 Topics outside the scope
The scope of this European Standard definitely addresses those concepts that support continuity of health
care. Even if the WHO definition of health acknowledgedly establishes the social well being as one of several
determinants of health in general, social wellfare is out of the scope of this European Standard. If certain
concepts addressed in this European Standard might be felt useful for other kinds of care provision than
health care, it is not recommended to do so without carefully re-appraising their specific relevance to these
distinct uses; this could be the topic for other future standards.
BS EN 13940-1:2007 Referenced Document
EN 12264:2005 Health informatics - Categorial structures for systems of concepts
EN 12381:2005 Health informatics - Time standards for healthcare specific problems
EN 13606-1:2007 Health informatics - Electronic health record communication - Part 1: Reference model
EN 13606-4:2007 Health informatics - Electronic health record communication - Part 4: Security
EN 14822-2:2005 Health informatics - General purpose information components - Part 2: Non-clinical*, 2024-04-18 Update
EN 14822-3:2005 Health informatics - General purpose information components - Part 3: Clinical*, 2024-04-18 Update
ISO 10241:1992 International terminology standards; preparation and layout
ISO 704:2000 Terminology work - Principles and methods
ISO/IEC 15414:2002 Information technology - Open distributed processing - Reference model - Enterprise language
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ISO/TR 20514:2005 Health informatics - Electronic health record - Definition, scope and context
ISO/TS 18308:2004 Health informatics - Requirements for an electronic health record architecture
BS EN 13940-1:2007 history
2016BS EN ISO 13940:2016 Health informatics. System of concepts to support continuity of care
2007BS EN 13940-1:2007 Health informatics - System of concepts to support continuity of care - Basic concepts