What is ISO 20302 – Health card registration for issuer identifiers about?
Health informatics is an interdisciplinary field of study that utilizes technology to organize, analyze, manage and use the information to improve healthcare. ISO 20302 is an International Standard that discusses health informatics.
ISO 20302 specifies a numbering system and registration procedure for identifying both healthcare application providers and health cardholders in order to exchange information through the use of cards issued for healthcare services.
ISO 20302 focuses on the machine-readable cards of ID-1 type defined in ISO/IEC 7810 that are issued for healthcare services provided in a service area that crosses the national borders of two or more countries/areas.
ISO 20302 applies to healthcare data cards where the issuer and the application provider are the same parties.
ISO 20302 applies directly, or refers, to existing International Standards for physical characteristics and recording techniques. Security issues follow the requirements of each healthcare data card system.
Who is ISO 20302 - Health card registration for issuer identifiers for?
ISO 20302 on Health card registration for issuer identifiers is useful for:
- The healthcare industry
- Hospitals / hospices / clinics
- Healthcare application engineers
- Software programmers
- Government authorities
- Regulatory bodies
- Health card issuers
- Manufacturers and suppliers of ID cards
- Designers of cards
- Quality control personnel
Why should you use ISO 20302 - Health card registration for issuer identifiers? 
ISO 20302 describes a numbering system and registration procedure for issuing identifiers of machine-readable cards used in the field of healthcare.
In past years, healthcare data cards have been used to exchange healthcare data by placing necessary and appropriate information on the surface of the cards in order to implement the health service of each country. However, as people now move more frequently across borders, healthcare data cards issued in one country or area are increasingly being used in another and, with this consideration in mind, ISO 20302 has been designed to apply to healthcare data cards that will be used internationally.
- ISO 20302 is applicable to healthcare data cards used for healthcare services provided by the card issuer
- The numbering system and registration procedure is technology independent and designed to fit relevant technologies and recording techniques for healthcare data cards
By adopting ISO 20302 you can utilize technology to organize, analyze, manage and use the information to improve healthcare. ISO 20302 contributes towards developing standards and clinical care guidelines that enhance electronic health records by facilitating information management.
ISO 20302 helps to improve the quality of the health service and to increase the efficient use of healthcare resources in the field. ISO 20302 guidelines improve patient service and patient safety, as well as improve the practical use of healthcare data cards in clinical fields.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS ISO 20302:2022 supersedes BS ISO 20302:2014, which is withdrawn. BS ISO 20302:2022 includes an editorial change with respect to BS ISO 20302:2014:
- Update the description of IIN for consistency with the latest edition of ISO/IEC 7812‑1 and ISO/IEC 7812‑2
