The standards value chain. Where health IT standards come from.

摘要

First Step: Developing Standards Standards typically go through several stages, from initial work through implementation in IT systems. This process is called the standards value chain (illustrated on page 61). The chain begins with standards developers, who produce new standards or update existing ones. The resulting documents are published as drafts, which often draw substantive comments that are then addressed in revised drafts. Standards often go through multiple drafts that sometimes take two or more years to resolve, seeking input from successively wider audiences until yielding final standards documents.