Terms of reference

• The eHSCG shall be a coordination group on all aspects of e-health standardization.
• The eHSCG should strengthen the cooperation amongst the SDOs involved, improving information exchange between organizations and avoiding duplication of efforts.
• The eHSCG shall be technical (as opposed to regulatory) in nature taking into consideration regulatory, economic, medical and social issues.
• The eHSCG should consider the requirements for appropriate development paths for health profiles of existing standards from different sources in order to provide functional sets for key health applications.
• The eHSCG shall provide guidance for implementations and case studies.
• The eHSCG shall support activities to increase user awareness of the existing standards, case studies, etc (for example via a specific website).
• The eHSCG should meet regularly, taking advantage of the presence of the experts in e-heath-related technical standardization meetings.
• The eHSCG shall in undertaking the above, always consider the requirements of developing countries as well as the experiences from case studies.
• The eHSCG should establish and maintain a dedicated website with information on e-health standards, e-health case studies, and standardization activities.