A viewer/editor for openEHR Operational Templates
openEHR has proven to be a sound methodology for detailed clinical modelling, particularly for underpinning electronic health records, but also for sharing clinical information between systems. Some of its key characteristics are:- Two level modelling, underpinned by well-designed, stable and … Continue reading
HL7 and the Ringholm Effect
HL7 messages are the lifeblood of electronic health communication in many settings in many countries. In the healthcare sector in Australia, for example, they are ubiquitous in hospital settings for notification of patient Admissions, Discharges and Transfers and they are … Continue reading
PDF attachments in HL7 messages
Last year in Australia there was an agreement amongst a number of parties, led by the Australian Department of Health, for the results of diagnostic tests to be sent to the national electronic health record system for accessing by both … Continue reading
NEHTA publishes flawed pathology terminology
On its shiny new website under About NEHTA , NEHTA now starts its strategy statement with: “With the foundations built, the infrastructure in place…“. Nothing can be further from the truth. No amount of shouting from the rooftops, even by NEHTA’s Chairman, can change … Continue reading
Australian Medicines Terminology Browser update
Healthbase Australia has updated the free online Australian Medicines Terminology browser to include version 2.54 of the AMT released by NEHTA today. All deprecated versions will also be available again for browsing/searching in the next few days. Unfortunately, the Healthbase … Continue reading
Australian Medicines Terminology Browser update
Healthbase Australia has updated the free online Australian Medicines Terminology browser to include version 2.51 of the AMT released by NEHTA today. All deprecated versions are still available for browsing/searching.
Australian Medicines Terminology Browser update
Healthbase Australia has updated the free online Australian Medicines Terminology browser to include version 2.50 of the AMT released by NEHTA today. All deprecated versions are still available for browsing/searching.
The Power, the Glory and the Dangers of structured health data
It is now over eighteen months since I publicly aired my grave concerns regarding a critical safety issue for Australia’s Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (PCEHR) system, which centred around the lack of scrutiny of the quality of data in … Continue reading
Australian Medicines Terminology Browser update
Healthbase Australia has updated the free online Australian Medicines Terminology browser to include the 2.49 version of the AMT released by NEHTA today. All deprecated versions are still available for browsing/searching.
Australian Medicines Terminology Browser update
Healthbase Australia has updated the free online Australian Medicines Terminology browser to include the 2.48 version of the AMT released by NEHTA today. All deprecated versions are still available for browsing/searching.