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Health and wellness apps: New international guidelines to help to sort the best from the rest

01-09-2021

From counting calories to tracing COVID-19, there are hundreds of thousands of health and wellness apps on the market, and the thirst for them is only growing. However, many have access to highly…

CEN ISO TS 82304-2 ‘Health software – Quality and reliability of health and wellness apps’ has been approved. Publication is expected in August 2021

14-07-2021

The CEN and ISO committees on Health informatics as well as IEC/TC 62A have approved CEN ISO 82304-2 in ballot. 95% of the participating countries voted positive. The project team…

Second openForum of the Joint Initiative Council: Recordings published

15-06-2021

The second openForum of the Joint Initiative Council was held on Wednesday 9 June 2021. Various speakers from the participating standards developing organisations focused on the infrastructure for the reliable…

eHealthsummit – The biggest digital health event takes place 1st and 2nd of June – Open Registration

20-05-2021

The Shared Services of the Ministry of Health (SPMS, EPE), along with the Ministry of Health and the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union (PPUE), is organizing…

JIC Open Forum – 9 June 2021

19-05-2021

Transcending national boundaries and organizations, the Joint Initiative Council’s standards development organizations work collaboratively to provide global, coordinated—not competitive—standards that address real-world healthcare issues. The toolbox for the infrastructure of immunization…

Draft standard on health wellness apps open for comments

08-03-2021

ISO TS 82304-2 ‘Health solftware – Quality and reliability of health and wellness apps’ is published for comments. Till May 14 it is possible to comment on the method to…

JIC Open Forum – 23 February 2021

05-02-2021

The TC is pleased to share a letter from the Chair of the Joint Initiative Council (JIC) in which CEN/TC 251 and other 8 standards development organisation members of the…

European Health Data Space

03-02-2021

The European Commission asked for feedback from citizens and stakeholders to provide views on the Commission’s understanding of the current situation, problem and possible solutions and to make available any…

HL7 Europe – 10 year celebration

22-01-2021

The CEN/TC 251 would like to congratulate HL7 Europe on its 10 year existence. It has been 10 years since HL7 International opened an office in Brussels, with the aim…

JIC has published white paper ‘Setting the stage for the future’

19-08-2020

The Joint Initiative Council for Global Health Informatics Standardization (JIC) has published a white paper explaining how its nine health informatics standards development organizations (SDOs) have been working together to…

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