In addition to these policies, see also a list of Workgroups and Committees that APHL regularly attends and monitors. Note that APHL standards experts participate in many standards development groups, such as those organized by HL7, the TEFCA RCE, and FDA SHIELD.
APHL participates and monitors the work of many agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs), and standards development organizations (SDOs). APHL staff and members chair and attend many of the workgroups, communities of practice, and committees that are organized by these agencies, NGOs and SDOs. This active engagement ensures that PHLs are aware of conversations and decisions that could affect their laboratories; it also ensures that the needs and interests of PHLs are represented in these discussions.
Below is a sampling of these groups. Attendance and participation will vary over time and may depend on how the activity, goals, and priorities of each group align with those of APHL Informatics and the PHL community. As needed, APHL Informatics contributes to these discussions and provides feedback on draft position statements, implementation guides, and other policy and standards working documents.
For more information on APHL’s work with any of these initiatives and groups, please contact informatics@aphl.org.
JPHIT - Joint Public Health Informatics Taskforce
HL7 Workgroups
HL7 HELIOS
FDA SHIELD
CSTE Workgroups such as the National ELR Call and the Data Standards Workgroup