The clinical information system committee is finalizing health-information standards to safeguard collected data. Which categories of standards need to be addressed by this committee? Select all that apply.
A) Process
B) Content
C) Transport
D) Vocabulary
E) Privacy/security
B) Content
C) Transport
D) Vocabulary
E) Privacy/security
Explanation: A) Process is not a category of health-information data standards.
B) Content standards establish the structure and organization of the content.
C) Transport standards establish the format for exchange.
D) Vocabulary standards improve communication through the use of structured terms and facilitate the organization of data.
E) Privacy standards protect personal health information, whereas security standards provide administrative, physical, and technical actions that provide patient confidentiality as well as the availability and integrity of health information.
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