Alphabetical List

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, The (AAMI)
Promotes the understanding and beneficial use of medical instrumentation
BioAPI Consortium
Develops APIs for various biometric technologies
Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)
Establishes a distributed information technology infrastructure for biomedical research
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC)
Develops electronic standards for medical and biopharmaceutical development
Coalition for Healthcare eStandards Inc. (CHeS)
Adopts and promotes standards for health care supply chain transactions over the Internet
eHealth Initiative, The and The Foundation for eHealth Initiative
Promotes use of information technology in the healthcare industry
Health Industry Business Communications Council, The (HIBCC)
Promotes electronic communications through the development of standards for information exchange among all health care trading partners
Health Level Seven (HL7)
Develops healthcare standards
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Promotes use of healthcare information technology and management systems
Interoperable Informatics Infrastructure Consortium (I3C)
Develops and promotes informatics solutions for life science products
MB Project
Promotes medical data banking through internal research and cross-industry outreach forums
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc. (NCPDP)
Develops standards within the pharmacy services sector of the health care industry
NSF International
Provides public health and safety-related information and certification
Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement
Promotes evidence-based performance measures in the healthcare industry
Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI)
Promotes the adoption of e-Commerce in the healthcare industry