ISO/TC 215 NZ
This is our national mirror committee of the ISO/TC 215 Health informatics technical committee. Members are appointed by the Standards Approval Board of New Zealand. Our purpose is to have input to new and updated ISO standards through working groups and the ballot process. Having operated behind the scenes for a couple of years, we’re now sharing our work with the wider ehealthforum community.
Our role requires us to:
- Monitor international work items, drafts and ballots through relevant ISO online services
- Review the technical content of documents out ‘for comment’ and formulate a national perspective to International Standards development
- Inform Standards NZ of the consolidated comments reached on new ISO work proposals (NP), committee draft (CD), draft international standard (DIS) and final draft international standard (FDIS) documents
- Inform Standards NZ of the IRG vote on NP, CD, DIS and FDIS documents. With participating (P) membership there is an obligation to submit a vote on international ballots
- Provide a valid technical justification for any negative votes submitted by the mirror committee
- Inform Standards NZ of the consolidated position reached on International Standards under systematic review (each standard undergoes a 5 yearly systematic review)
- Consult with their organisation/employer/association in order to take the organisation’s position into IRG committee meetings for discussion towards a consolidated national position/vote on international matters
- Nominate a suitable expert to attend international meetings (if funding support is available to allow attendance)
- Besides contributing to international standards, ISO/TC 215 NZ makes recommendations to HISO on standards choices for national adoption.
Agenda
- Welcome
- New member
- Around the working groups
- Conference reports
- Upcoming ballots (see below)
- Any other business
Previous meeting
2026-03-17T11:00:00Z | ISO/TC 215 NZ Hui March 2026
Attending today
@amyc @SamuelWong @dmeiklejohn @alastairk @i.hunter @angela.pidd @Evan
Apols Martin Nwosu
Actions
- All members please check your committee membership details on the new HNZ website https://www.healthnz.govt.nz/about-us/who-we-are/expert-groups-and-networks/expert-groups/isotc-215-health-informatics-national-mirror-committee
- Martin’s name has been added
- @nathanb’s billing may need to change
- @micah_davison has left the committee (sincere thanks from the committee for your time with us)
1. Welcome
@dmeiklejohn welcomed as official member following appointment by Standards Approval Board in May 2026
2. Around the working groups
- IPS Maintenance Agency @i.hunter
- ISO/TC 215/SC 1 Genomics Informatics
- ISO/TC 215/WG 1 Architecture, Frameworks and Models @alastairk @keithduddy
- ISO/TC 215/WG 2 Systems and Device Interoperability
- ISO/TC 215/WG 3 Semantic content
- ISO/TC 215/WG 4 Security, Safety and Privacy
- ISO/TC 215/WG 6 Pharmacy and medicines business
- ISO/TC 215/WG 10 Traditional Medicine
- ISO/TC 215/WG 11 Personalized digital health @angela.pidd
- ISO/TC 215/TF 7 Task Force on Telehealth and Virtual Care (TVC) Standards @i.hunter @atalagk @nathanb. TF 7 is to become a permanent WG
@alastairk is working on HL7/ISO 21089 Trusted end-to-end information flows revision project
@i.hunter provided an update on ISO 13101 in the telehealth and virtual care space
3. Related groups
- SNOMED International - October 2026 conference in Sydney
- Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP) - JIC and IPS Coordinating Committee liaisonship, October 2026 conference in Sydney
- WHO Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH) is meeting to frame new Global Strategy for Digital Health 2028-2033
- WHO - NZ intervention at WHA79 urged faster progress from WHO on linking ICD-11 and SNOMED CT to enable seamless data use across the health data lifecycle.
4. Upcoming ballots
We’ll walk through these, make a decision on the straightforward ones and allocate the rest for further investigation
| Item | Type | Reference | Title | Due Date | Outcome/Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CD | ISO/CD TS 19293 | Health informatics — Requirements for a record of a dispense of a medicinal product | 18 June 2026 | Refer to HNZ Clinical Informatics Director for Meds |
| 2 | CIB | N5254 - Liaison rep to JTC 4 Smart and sustainable cities an | N5254 - Liaison rep to JTC 4 Smart and sustainable cities and communities | 17 June 2026 | Approve |
| 3 | CIB | N5296 - Additional Liaison rep to JTC 1 SC 42 AI | 19 June 2026 | Approve | |
| 4 | CIB | N5302 - Proposed title change to TC 215 SC 1 | 24 June 2026 | Approve | |
| 5 | CIB | N5311 - ISO TC 215 JWG 1 Draft resolutions for CIB | 25 June 2026 | Approve | |
| 6 | CIB | N5305 - Call for experts revision of 21860-2020 | N5305 - Call for experts revision of 21860-2020 RSP - Clinical Imaging | 26 June 2026 | Approve |
| 7 | CIB | N5303 - IEEE 11073-10441-2025 | N5303 - IEEE 11073-10441-2025 Personal Health Device Communication—Device Specialization—Cardiovascular Fitness and Activity Monitor | 29 July 2026 | Abstain |
| 8 | NP | ISO/PWI 13151 | Health Informatics — Telehealth and Virtual Care Maturity Model | 21 August 2026 | Approve |
Key to the various ballot types:
- Draft Technical Report (DTR)
- Committee Internal Ballot (CIB)
- Committee Draft (CD)
- Final Draft International Standard (FDIS)
- Systematic Review (SR)
- New Proposal (NP)