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Detailed Clinical Models (DCMs) – some basic facts
The New Zealand e-health programme architecture task-force has published its Working Interoperability Reference Architecture blueprint document. With respect to the document and the comments posted (I tried to post myself, but the comment disappeared), it seems worth making a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged archetype, DCM, e-health, HL7, openEHR, standards
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One information model to rule them all?
One of the age-old debates in health informatics: can there be ‘one information model’ for shared clinical information? Some dream of a model to rule them all, uniting standards efforts, while others dismiss the idea as impossible or unrealistic. Obviously … Continue reading
How could HL7 refresh?
Continuing on from the basis established in the previous post, here I will say what I think HL7 could do to help here. My suggestions are as follows:
What needs fixing in e-health?
or, e-health seen through the prism of an ancient pantheon of gods… Grahame Grieve’s recent blog entry on the HL7 Fresh Look Task Force seems a good excuse for me to have another big picture look at e-health. The fact … Continue reading
The crisis in e-health standards IIa
Prev: The crisis in e-health standards II Next: The crisis in e-health standards III – solutions Unfinished business I promised pointers to a solution for how to get out of the standards mire in which we find ourselves today. But … Continue reading
The crisis in e-health standards II
Evidence for the inability of SDOs to create a coherent ecosystem of standards for e-health Continue reading
The crisis in e-health standards
There is a serious problem in e-health today. E-health is a complicated space, and requires an ecosystem of standards, but the official standards organisations cannot deliver, leading to a paralysis in many e-health programmes. Reform is needed in order to make progress. Continue reading