ABSTRACT
The e-health market standards developed by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other independent organizations for healthcare stakeholders are progressing. The standards of practice raised throughout this publication within a cyber-based platform will transform healthcare delivery and healthcare informatics. Key standards simplify networking, interoperability, system infrastructure, content, and security capabilities. Without standards on content in the cyberworld, discerning credible information will be the ultimate consumer challenge. The standardization of widely used data elements is necessary for cyber-health interoperability. The internal auditor’s role is to ensure reliability of the offering, benchmark against market standards, and continue ongoing testing of internal controls to preserve defined functionality. Health infomediary specialists should appreciate the development of electronic health record business solutions throughout the healthcare continuum and how many market players are attempting to offer various forms of patient personal health record tools.
