Mobile Health

Mission

The HL7 Mobile Health Work Group creates and promotes health information technology standards and frameworks for mobile health.

Charter

 

• Identify data standards and functional requirements that are specific to the mobile health environment
• Identify and promote mobile health concepts for interoperability as adopted and adapted for use in the mobile environment
• Coordinate and cooperate with other groups interested in using mobile health to promote health, wellness, public health, clinical, social media, and other settings
• Provide a forum where HL7 members and stakeholders collaborate in standardizing to enable the secure exchange, storage, analysis, and transmission of data and information for mobile applications and/or mobile devices.

Work Products and Contributions to HL7 Processes

• International data standards (requirements, information models, terminology)
• Forum for discussion about standards and definitions to define mobile health interoperability functional model and profile(s)
• Documentation-Knowledge Base (maintain, update, disseminate)
• Presentations, Communication (wiki, social media, conferences)

Formal Relationships With Other HL7 Groups

• Health Care Devices              
• Electronic Health Records
• Clinical Interoperability Council
• Pharmacy
• Public Health and Emergency Response
• Security

2018 Work Group Health All-Star Award Winner

This WG earned a WG Healthiest Star rating in each of the three trimesters measured in 2018.

2021 May Work Group Health Gold Star Award Winner

This Work Group earned a WG Healthiest Star rating in May 2021.

Date of Last Revision

November 12, 2021