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Last Updated 27 Jul 04 Aug 2022

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The vision of the SHIELD Community is to enable consistent and uniform communication of high-quality laboratory IVD test data that are computer and human actionable to promote safe, high quality and equitable patient outcomes.  In simple words: “Describe the SAME TEST the SAME WAY EVERYWHERE in the health care ecosystem”.

Section 3: Mission

To achieve its vision, the SHIELD Community’s mission consists of the following key components:

1. Consistent, standards-based identification and description of IVD laboratory data and their attributes which contributes to its semantic harmonization

2. Secure, standards-based description of patient information in a manner that allows effective utilization while protecting patient privacy

3. Consistent, standards-based interoperability across all applicable information technology systems from the point of order through all downstream uses, both within and between entities in the health care ecosystem

4. Understandable, reproducible, and useable results for both human and computerized systems

5. Support universal implementation of the above across all entities within the US health care ecosystem

Section 4: Guiding Principles

In its operation and deliverables, the SHIELD Community adheres to the following guiding principles:

1. Committed to Patient Safety

2. Dedicated to Improving Patient Outcomes

3. Collaborative in Approach

4. Integrative in Methodology

5. Transparent in Activities

6. Open in Deliverables and Results

7. Feasible in Recommendations

8. Focused in Scope

Section 5: Governing Instruments

The organization shall be governed by these bylaws and its standing rules.