NDHI RECOMMENDED STANDARDS 2025

SYNTACTIC STANDARDS (2025)

1. Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) - Referenced in NDHI EA roadmap

SEMANTICS    

2. ICD 11

3. SNOMED CT 

NITDA GUIDELINES

GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS

4. Guidelines for clearance of Information Technology (IT) projects by public Institutions

5. Nigeria e-Government Interoperability Framework (Ne-GIF)

6. Draft NITDA Software testing guidelines

32+1 ISO/TC 215 HEALTH INFORMATICS STANDARDS ADOPTED IN 2019

 INTEROPERABILITY STANDARDS; TEN (10)

1. ISO/TR 17119: 2015 Health Informatics. Health Informatics profiling framework.

2. ISO/TR 14639-1: 2012 Health Informatics. Capacity based eHealth architecture roadmap.

Part1. Overview of National eHealth Initiatives.

3. ISO/TR 14539-2: 2014 Health Informatics. Part 2. Architectural components and maturity

model

4. ISO/TS 13131: 2014 Health Informatics. Telehealth services. Quality planning guidelines.

5. ISO/TS 17522: 2015 Health Informatics. Provision for health application on mobile /smart

devices

6. ISO 82308: 2011 Health Informatics. Requirements for an electronic health record

architecture.

7. ISO 27789: 2013 Health Informatics. Audit trails for electronic health records.

8. ISO/TR 17975: 2015 Health Informatics. Principle and data requirements for consent in the

collection use or disclosure of personal health information

9. ISO/TR 17791: 2013 Health Informatics. Guidance on standards for enabling safety in health

software.

10. IEC 82304 – 1: 2016 Health Software. Part 1. General requirements for product safety.

TECHNICAL INTEROPERABILITY STANDARDS; Sixteen (16)

1. ISO/TS 14441: 2013 Health Informatics. Security and privacy requirement of HER systems for

use in conformity assessment.

2. ISO 13606-1: 2008 Health Informatics. Electronic Health Record communication. Part 1.

Reference Model.

3. ISO 13606-2: 2008 Health Informatics. Part 2. Archetype interchange specification.

4. ISO 13606-5: 2010 Health Informatics. Part 5. Interface specification.

5. ISO/TR 11636: 2009 Health Informatics. Dynamic on demand virtual private network for

health information infrastructure.

6. ISO 17090-1: 2013 Health Informatics. Public key infrastructure. Part 1. Overview of digital

certificate service.

7. ISO 17090-2: 2015 Health Informatics. Public Key Infrastructure. Part 2. Certificate Profile.

8. ISO 17090-3: 2008 Health Informatics. Public Key Infrastructure Part 3. Policy management

of certification authority.

9. ISO/TR 16056-1: 2004 Health Informatics. Interoperability of telehealth systems and

networks. Part 1. Introduction and definitions.

10. ISO/TR 18307: 2001 Health Informatics. Interoperability and compatibility in messaging and

communication standards. Key Characteristics.

11. ISO/TR 18638: 2017 Health Informatics. Guidance on health informatics privacy education in

healthcare organisation.

12. ISO/TS 21547: 2010 Health Informatics. Security requirement for archiving of electronic

health records. Principles.

13. ISO/TR 21548: 2010 Health Informatics. Security requirement for archiving of electronic

health records. Guidelines.

14. ISO 27799: 2016 Health Informatics. Information security management in health using

ISO/IEC 27002.

15. ISO 25237: 2017 Health Informatics. Pseudonymization.

16. ISO/TR 16056-2; 2004 Health Informatics. Interoperability telehealth systems and networks.

Part 2. Real Time Systems. (Modified Adoption)

SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY (CONTENT) STANDARDS; SIX (6)

1. ISO 17523: 2016 Health Informatics. Requirements for Electronics Prescriptions.

2. ISO/TR 12300: 2014 Health Informatics. Principles of mapping between terminological

Systems.

3. ISO/TR 12310: 2015 Health Informatics. Principles and Guidelines for the measurement of

conformance in implementation of terminological systems.

4. ISO/TR 20514: 2015 Health Informatics. Electronic Health Records. Definitions, Scope and

Context.

5. ISO/TR 13972: 2015 Health Informatics. Detailed Clinical Models. Characteristics and

Processes.

6. ISO/TS Health Informatics. Development of terms and definitions for health informatics

glossaries.