Mission The mission of the WHO Collaborating Center for the Family of International Classifications for North America is to promote the development and use of the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC), including the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health Problems (ICD), the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF), and other derived and related classifications and to contribute to their implementation and improvement. Terms of Reference for WHO-FIC North American Collaborating Center (NACC) Within the overall scope of WHO's plan of work on the Family of International Classifications (2004-2008): To promote the development and use of the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC), including the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICFDH), and other derived and related classifications and to contribute to their implementation and improvement in the light of practical experience by multiple parties as a common language. To contribute to the development of methodologies for the use of the WHO-FIC to facilitate the measurement of health states, interventions and outcomes on a sufficiently consistent and reliable basis to permit comparisons within countries over time and within and between countries at the same point in time. This includes the creation of comparable lists, correspondence tables, and comparability studies. To support the work of the various committees and work groups established to assist WHO in the development, testing, implementation, use, improvement, updating, and revision of members of the WHO-FIC including: 1. Executive Committee of WHO-FIC 2. Committee of Heads of WHO-FIC Centres 3. Subcommittees such as Implementation, Training and Credentialling, Updating, ElectronicTools, etc. To study aspects related to the structure, interpretation, and application of members of the WHO-FIC, including those concerning taxonomy, linguistics, terminology, and nomenclature. To network with current and potential users of the WHO-FIC and act as a reference centre (e.g., clearinghouse for good practice guidelines and the resolution of problems) for information about the WHO-FIC and other health-related classifications including: the availability, suitability, and applicability of the classifications for different purposes coding practices availability of tools for implementation data analysis and interpretation To prepare teaching materials and to organize and conduct training courses on the implementation and use of the WHO-FIC. To contribute to the development of common international training tools and Internet-based applications by preparing translations and adaptations of the tools. To assist WHO Headquarters and the Regional Offices in the preparation of members of the WHO-FIC and other relevant materials in the English language and to act as a reference centre for that language on all matters related to the WHO-FIC To provide support to existing and potential users of the WHO-FIC and of the data thus derived in North America and other English-speaking countries. To work on at least one related and/or derived member of the WHO-FIC Specialty-based adaptations Primary Care adaptations Interventions/procedures Injury Classification (ICECI) Service To participate in the quality assurance procedures of the WHO-FIC classifications regarding norms for use, training and data collection, and application rules. To present periodic reports of the Center's activities to the annual meetings of Heads of WHO Collaborating Centres for the WHO Family of International Classifications (WHO-FIC). This page last reviewed
January 11, 2007
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