CDISC Granted ISO Liaison A Status.AUSTIN, Texas -- The International Organization of Standardization International Organization of Standardization, n.pr a nongove-rnmental federation of worldwide bodies that publishes international agreements covering a broad range of services and technologies to promote the use of common standards across the world. (ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. ) has granted Liaison A status to the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) is a non-profit organization, whose mission is "to develop and support global, platform-independent data standards that enable information system interoperability to improve medical research and related areas of (CDISC CDISC Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium ). With this liaison status, CDISC can participate at the Technical Committee level, in addition to the Working Group level, and can propose that an existing standard be considered through the ISO "Fast-track procedure". CDISC is working with ISO Technical Committee 215 Health Informatics, which is chaired by Dr. Yun Sik Kwak. "ISO Liaison A status for CDISC is a testimony to the progressive and effective engagement by CDISC of partner standards development organizations, and the recognition by ISO that we are operating within a larger framework of integrated standards development," stated Dr. Christopher Chute, Chair, Division of Biomedical Informatics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Director on the CDISC Board. "In combination, this is a strong testimony to the importance of clinical research standards, and of CDISC's leadership in this space." The CDISC mission and strategy stress a link between clinical/medical research and healthcare information through standards. To this end, CDISC initiated the development of an open, collaborative model, the Biomedical Research Integrated Domain Group (BRIDG) model (www.bridgmodel.org) to represent clinical research in the healthcare standards space. CDISC has had a Charter Agreement to collaborate with Health Level Seven (HL7) since 2001 and its President participates in an advisory group for the World Health Organization (WHO) on their Clinical Trial Registry Platform. CDISC participates in the US Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO, which is chaired by Dr. Chute and managed by the American National Standards Institute See ANSI. (body, standard) American National Standards Institute - (ANSI) The private, non-profit organisation (501(c)3) responsible for approving US standards in many areas, including computers and communications. ANSI is a member of ISO. (ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. ), the US member body within ISO. "From its beginning, CDISC has made a concerted effort to approach standards as a global initiative, since that is the nature of research," said Dr. Rebecca Kush Kush: see Cush. , CDISC President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We are sincerely looking forward to being an integral part of the leading global standards body and contributing the CDISC medical research standards expertise to the global healthcare standards community." ABOUT CDISC CDISC is a global, open, multidisciplinary, non-profit organization that has established standards to support the acquisition, exchange, submission and archive of clinical research data and metadata. The CDISC mission is to develop and support global, platform-independent data standards that enable information system interoperability to improve medical research and related areas of healthcare. CDISC standards are vendor-neutral, platform-independent and freely available via the CDISC website. Additional information on CDISC can be found on the website at www.cdisc.org. |
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