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- 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 - a simple and secure way for patients registered with a GP surgery in England to access a range of services on their smartphone or tablet.
Status: Active
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
- HL7 FHIR UK Core
API standards which use the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Release 4 standard for health and care data exchange to create a unified approach to interoperability across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Status: Active
Date added: 27 Oct 2021
- Dose Syntax API standards
API standards to provide a structured way to record dosage instructions between primary and secondary care settings.
Status: Active
Date added: 27 Oct 2021
- Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration API standards
Use these API standards to share medication requests between Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) systems and hospital pharmacy or stock control systems.
Status: Active
Date added: 27 Oct 2021
- Medicine and Allergy/Intolerance Data Transfer
An Information Standard which sets out definitions that are to be used when a health professional sends or receives patient medication and allergy/intolerance information, by computer system, between care locations.
Status: Active
Date added: 27 Oct 2021