Standards

MedBiquitous develops XML and Web service standards to advance healthcare education and competence assessment. All standards go through our rigorous ANSI-accredited development process.

• Activity Report
  Certificates for CE and certification related activities
• Healthcare LOM
  Describes learning activities and content
• Healthcare Professional Profile
  Profile data on healthcare professionals
• Medical Education Metrics
  Continuing education evaluation data
• MedBiquitous Virtual Patient
  Enables interoperability of computer-based patient scenarios

ANSI/MEDBIQ AR.10.1-2009, Activity Report

Activity Report allows organizations to electronically compile CE and Maintenance of Certification certificate data across providers, making it easier to track lifelong learning and improvement.

• Activity Report Overview
• Activity Report Standard (PDF, 658 KB)
• Activity Report Schema
• Activity Report Services
• Implementation Guide (PDF, 135 KB)
• Implementation Toolkit (Implementation Guide, Specifications, Schemas, Examples, ZIP, 918 KB)

ANSI/MEDBIQ LO.10.1-2008, Healthcare Learning Object Metadata (Healthcare LOM)

Healthcare LOM provides a standard way to describe learning activities and content, making it easier to find resources and maximize their value and reach.

• Healthcare Learning Object Metadata Overview
• Healthcare Learning Object Metadata Standard (PDF, 888 KB)
• Healthcare Learning Object Metadata Documents and Schemas (ZIP, 1.07 MB)
• Implementation Guide (PDF, 213 KB)
• Implementation toolkit (Implementation Guide, Specifications, Schemas, Examples, ZIP, 1.24 MB)
• Implementation forums

ANSI/MEDBIQ PP.10.1-2008, Healthcare Professional Profile

The Healthcare Professional Profile provides a standard XML format for profile data on healthcare professionals, making it easier to exchange and compile profile data across organizations.

• Healthcare Professional Profile Overview
• Name Schema and Specification
• Address Schema and Specification
• Professional Profile Schema and Specification
• All schemas and specifications
• Implementation Guide (PDF, 235 KB)
• Implementation Toolkit (Implementation Guide, Specifications, Schemas, Examples, ZIP, 2.9 MB)
• Implementation forums

ANSI/MEDBIQ ME.10.1-2009, Medical Education Metrics

Medical Education Metrics (MEMS) provides a standard format for CE outcomes data, allowing educators to bring outcomes data together across systems and organizations for better research.

• Medical Education Metrics Overview
• Medical Education Metrics Standard (PDF, 1.26 MB)
• Medical Education Metrics Schema
• Survey Items Specification (PDF, 449 KB)
• Survey Items Schema
• Implementation Guide (PDF, 160 KB)
• Implementation Toolkit (Implementation Guide, Specifications, Schemas, Examples, ZIP, 1.54 MB)

ANSI/MEDBIQ VP.10.1-2010, MedBiquitous Virtual Patient

Virtual Patients are interactive computer programs that simulate real life clinical scenarios for educational purposes. The MedBiquitous Virtual Patient standard (MVP) enables the exchange of virtual patients across systems and institutions.

• MedBiquitous Virtual Patient Summary(PDF, 131 KB)
• Virtual Patient Data Standard (PDF, 1.5 MB)
• Virtual Patient Player Standard (PDF 1.1 MB)
• Virtual Patient Schemas (ZIP 5 KB)
• Implementation Toolkit (ZIP 3 MB)