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Health Information Standards Organisation

The Health Information Standards Organisation was formed in 2003, and in 2005 became a sub-committee to the Health Information Strategy Action Committee. HISO’s chair and membership were appointed from and by the HISAC members and included up to two co-opted members.

The organisation is no longer a subcommittee of HISAC. It has been reconstituted in the form of the:
  • Health Information Standards Governance Group and
  • Health Information Standards Office (HISO).

View more information about the Health Information Standards Governance Group and Health Information Standards Office.

This page contains historical details of the Health Information Standards Organisation.

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Role of HISO

HISO’s role under delegation from HISAC was set out in the previous Terms of Reference for HISAC and included:
    • quality assurance through reviewing the existing plans for health information standards development and to confirm as appropriate sector wide plans for health information standards development
    • championing new health information standards; reviewing existing sector developments where health information standards are being considered, tested or developed; and supporting these endeavours
    • health information standards development through the approved processes
    • development of funding options and recommendations for how specific health information standards developments should be funded
    • quality assurance through reviewing existing and emerging sector health information standards plans and activities and confirming these for alignment with the Strategy
    • agreeing and endorsing sets of existing health information standards
    • communicating and promoting the adoption and use of endorsed health information standards
    • monitoring the progress of health information standards development and implementation
    • auditing the use of health information standards
    • providing HISAC with written reports on progress and any impediments to progress
    • any other tasks as determined by HISAC.

View the previous Terms of reference for HISAC in Word and PDF below:

Members

The members of HISO included the following HISAC members:
    • Paul Cressey
    • Andrea Pettett
    • Dr Harry Pert
    • Dr Tim Gardner

HISO also included the following co-opted members.
    • David Rankin (Chair)
    • Doug Neilson

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Page last updated: 19 May 2009