The healthcare information technology standards panel (HITSP) is a public and private sector cooperative partnership. This group wishes to promote interoperability among healthcare software applications. This group consists of experts from across the Health Care community. The Clinical Research Interoperability Specification covers healthcare systems, especially EHRs. It also includes Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems and research engines. The U.S. Dept of health and Human Services awarded several contracts to advance widespread EHRs within the next 10 years.
