Care providers, labs, insurance companies, public health agencies, and other players, need a unified understanding and complete picture. Standards support the recording and sharing clinical information.

Care providers, labs, insurance companies, public health agencies, and other players, need a unified understanding and complete picture. Standards support the recording and sharing clinical information.

Development of data standards Data standards are created to ensure that all parties use the same language and the same approach to sharing, storing, and interpreting information. In healthcare, standards make up the backbone of interoperability — or the...