This course provides the details of health care technology standards and interoperability. Topics include the value proposition of standards; health information models; the IHE Initiative; HL7, DICOM, CCOW, CorbaMED, and other medical standards. The course also covers the role of nonmedical standards in medical informatics (HTTP, XML, etc.) as well as multi-institutional issues and telemedicine, e-commerce, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act standards compliance.