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Secretariat: ANSI (United States)
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Chairperson (until end 2026):Mr Todd Cooper
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ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
- Creation date: 1998
Scope
Standardization in the field of health informatics, to facilitate capture, interchange and use of health-related data, information, and knowledge to support and enable all aspects of the health system.
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| Reference | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| ISO/TC 215/SC 1 | Genomics Informatics | Subcommittee |
| ISO/TC 215/SC 2 | Pharmacy and medicines business | Subcommittee |
| ISO/TC 215/CAG 1 | P-member Leadership (National Heads of Delegation) | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/CAG 2 | Technical Program Leadership | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/JWG 1 | Joint ISO/TC 215 - ISO/TC 249/SC1 WG: Traditional Chinese Medicine (Informatics) | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/JWG 7 | Joint ISO/TC 215 - IEC/SC 62A WG: Safe, effective and secure health software and health IT systems, including those incorporating medical devices | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/MA 1 | ISO 27269 Maintenance Agency | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/TF 1 | Task Force on Quantities and Units to be used in e-health | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/TF 3 | Outreach & Communications | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/TF 5 | AI technologies in health informatics | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/TF 6 | Process and quality improvement | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/TF 7 | Telehealth and Virtual Care (TVC) Standards | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/WG 1 | Architecture, Frameworks and Models | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/WG 2 | Systems and Device Interoperability | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/WG 3 | Semantic content | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/WG 4 | Security, Safety and Privacy | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/WG 6 | Pharmacy and medicines business | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/WG 10 | Traditional Medicine | Working group |
| ISO/TC 215/WG 11 | Personalized digital health | Working group |
Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
| Reference | Title |
|---|---|
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42/JWG 3 | Joint Working Group ISO/IEC JTC1/SC42 - ISO/TC 215 WG : AI enabled health informatics |
| ISO/TC 249/SC 1/JWG 1 | Joint ISO/TC 249/SC 1 - ISO/TC 215 WG: Informatics |
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 215
The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 215:
| Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
|---|---|---|
| IEC/SC 62A | Common aspects of medical equipment, software, and systems | IEC |
| IEC/ISO JSyC BDC | IEC/ISO Joint Systems Committee on Bio-digital convergence (IEC/ISO JSyC BDC) | ISO/IEC |
| IEC/SyC AAL | Active Assisted Living | IEC |
| IEC/SyC Smart Cities | Electrotechnical aspects of Smart Cities | IEC |
| IEC/TC 62 | Medical equipment, software, and systems | IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1 | Information technology | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 | Telecommunications and information exchange between systems | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 | Software and systems engineering | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17 | Cards and security devices for personal identification | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 24 | Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 | Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 | Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 | Data management and interchange | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 36 | Information technology for learning, education and training | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 | Internet of things and digital twin | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 | Artificial intelligence | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 43 | Brain-computer interfaces | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 44 | Consumer protection in the field of privacy by design | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/TC 12 | Quantities and units | ISO |
| ISO/TC 37 | Language and terminology | ISO |
| ISO/TC 46 | Information and documentation | ISO |
| ISO/TC 106 | Dentistry | ISO |
| ISO/TC 106/SC 3 | Terminology | ISO |
| ISO/TC 121 | Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment | ISO |
| ISO/TC 145 | Graphical symbols | ISO |
| ISO/TC 154 | Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration | ISO |
| ISO/TC 170 | Surgical instruments | ISO |
| ISO/TC 210 | Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices | ISO |
| ISO/TC 212 | Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems | ISO |
| ISO/TC 249 | Traditional medicine | ISO |
| ISO/TC 249/SC 1 | Traditional Chinese medicine | ISO |
| ISO/TC 268/SC 1 | Smart community infrastructures | ISO |
| ISO/TC 276 | Biotechnology | ISO |
| ISO/TC 307 | Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies | ISO |
| ISO/TC 314 | Ageing societies | ISO |
Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 215
ISO/TC 215 can access the documents of the committees below:
| Reference | Title | ISO/IEC |
|---|---|---|
| IEC/SC 62A | Common aspects of medical equipment, software, and systems | IEC |
| IEC/SyC AAL | Active Assisted Living | IEC |
| IEC/TC 62 | Medical equipment, software, and systems | IEC |
| ISO/CASCO | Committee on conformity assessment | ISO |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1 | Information technology | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 | Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 32 | Data management and interchange | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37 | Biometrics | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 41 | Internet of things and digital twin | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 | Artificial intelligence | ISO/IEC |
| ISO/TC 12 | Quantities and units | ISO |
| ISO/TC 37 | Language and terminology | ISO |
| ISO/TC 106 | Dentistry | ISO |
| ISO/TC 145 | Graphical symbols | ISO |
| ISO/TC 176/SC 2 | Quality systems | ISO |
| ISO/TC 176/SC 3 | Supporting technologies | ISO |
| ISO/TC 212 | Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems | ISO |
| ISO/TC 249 | Traditional medicine | ISO |
| ISO/TC 249/SC 1 | Traditional Chinese medicine | ISO |
| ISO/TC 262 | Risk management | ISO |
| ISO/TC 268 | Sustainable cities and communities | ISO |
| ISO/TC 276 | Biotechnology | ISO |
| ISO/TC 304 | Healthcare organization management | ISO |
| ISO/TC 307 | Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies | ISO |
| ISO/TC 314 | Ageing societies | ISO |
Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
| Acronym | Title | Category |
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| BBMRI-ERIC | Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure | A |
| CDISC | Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, Inc. | A |
| COCIR | European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry | A |
| DICOM | DICOM Standards Committee | A |
| EFPIA | European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations | A |
| GS1 | GS1 | A |
| HL7 | Health Level Seven International | A |
| HON | Health On the Net Foundation | A |
| ICC - commerce | International Chamber of Commerce | A |
| ICN | International Council of Nurses | A |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc | A |
| IFCC | International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine | A |
| IHE | Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise International | A |
| IHTSDO | International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization | A |
| IMIA | International Medical Informatics Association | A |
| INLAC | Latinoamerican Institute for Quality Assurance | A |
| ISTHealth | International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth | A |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union | A |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD | A |
| openEHR | openEHR International | A |
| SBS - Small Business Standards | Small Business Standards | A |
| UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | A |
| WHO | World Health Organization | A |
| WONCA | World Organization of Family Doctors | A |
Organizations in liaison (Category C)
C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group
| Acronym | Title | Category |
|---|---|---|
| CDISC | Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, Inc. | C |
| EC - European Commission | European Commission | C |
| ICH | The International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use | C |
| IHE | Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise International | C |
| OMG | Object Management Group | C |
| Date | Month | Location | TC/SC | Note |
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| 4-5 | February 2026 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) | ISO/TC 215/SC 2 |
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