Tag Archives: ISO

The HL7 Null Flavor Debate – part 1

Posted on 18/05/2011 by

(With apologies to those who use international English and normally spell it as ‘flavour’; in this post, I will spell it properly in informal text, and in the US way when referring to the formal HL7 null flavour concept.) Grahame … Continue reading →

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The crisis in e-health standards III – solutions

Posted on 18/10/2009 by

Prev: The crisis in e-health standards IIa Stakeholder Aspirations and Needs Before going so far as to offer a solution to the e-health standards problem, I want to have a look at what we consider to be the requirements that … Continue reading →

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The crisis in e-health standards IIa

Posted on 13/10/2009 by

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 →

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The crisis in e-health standards II

Posted on 01/10/2009 by

Evidence for the inability of SDOs to create a coherent ecosystem of standards for e-health Continue reading →

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The crisis in e-health standards

Posted on 17/09/2009 by

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 →

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