The NEMSIS standard includes input from EMS stakeholders across the nation and includes EMS agency users and vendors of software products. ePCR vendors create products that are used to send and receive EMS data in the proper NEMSIS standard format from agencies to states (Collect & Send) and then states to the National Data Repository (Receive & Process).

Starting with the NEMSIS Version 3 Dataset, the NEMSIS standard has been developed in concert with the acquisition of an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Approval of the NEMSIS Standard Dataset. ANSI approval requires the use of a Standards Development Organization (SDO) to help harmonize the NEMSIS standard with other national standards in the pre-hospital and emergency department settings. Health Level 7 (HL7) is a recognized health care SDO, and NEMSIS has chosen this organization to accomplish this task.

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