Consolidated Health Informatics (CHI) Initiative Completes Adoption of Health Care and Vocabulary Standards

Summary

The Consolidated Health Informatics (CHI) Initiative has finalized the adoption of 20 messaging and vocabulary standards for use in Federal government health information technology systems. The standards were adopted in two sets, with the first 5 standards implemented on March 21, 2003, and the remaining 15 standards adopted on May 6, 2004.