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- Palliative Care Co-ordination: Core Content
This information standard specifies the core content to be held in electronic palliative care co-ordination systems (EPaCCS) and supports NHS England's objective to increase the use of technology to help people manage their health and care.
Status: Active
Date added: 22 Dec 2021
- International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) is a comprehensive classification of causes of morbidity and mortality and is published by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Status: Active
Date added: 22 Dec 2021
- Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
DICOM is the international standard to transmit, store, retrieve, print, process, and display medical imaging information.
Status: Active
Date added: 22 Dec 2021
- Overseas Visitor Charging Category
The Overseas Visitor Charging Category (OVCC) must be used to record the chargeable status of a patient using NHS services
Status: Active
Date added: 22 Dec 2021
- FGM-Information Sharing - Local System Integration
The FGM-IS is a national IT system that supports the ongoing safeguarding of patients, under the age of 18, who have a family history of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
Status: Active
Date added: 22 Dec 2021
- Electronic Yellow Card Reporting
Collecting reports of suspected adverse drug reactions (ADRs) via the Yellow Card Scheme. This standard defines a method for submitting the information electronically; this allows IT systems to reduce the burden on the clinician by populating the majority of the Yellow Card submission from the patient's electronic record.
Status: Active
Date added: 22 Dec 2021
- NHS App API
Engage with users of the NHS App.
Status: In development
Date added: 27 Oct 2021
- NHS Number for Secondary Care
This information standard sets out the scope and use of the NHS Number, which is the unique identifier for a patient within the NHS in England and Wales. There is an overarching standard, supplemented by two use cases for how the standard should be used in general practice and secondary care
Status: Active
Date added: 27 Oct 2021
- FHIR UK Core API standards
API standards using FHIR release 4 to create a unified approach to interoperability across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Status: Active
Date added: 27 Oct 2021
- End of Life API standards
API standards to enable sharing and updating of digital end of life care (EoLC) records.
Status: In development
Date added: 27 Oct 2021