Silos on the rise
Despite recent mention of collaboration in e-health agendas, we still seem to be seeing old silos perpetuate or even new silos being erected in Australia. Why is this so? I think it is because we often don’t recognise a silo … Continue reading
Another 10 years?
Just a whisker over 10 years ago, closely following the release of the National Electronic Health Records Task Force’s landmark report, but before “e-health” or “electronic health records” became household words, a National Health Online Summit was held in Adelaide. … Continue reading
reflections on reflections
Whilst we linger in the doldrums of the post-election impasse, there have been some interesting media articles regarding e-health in Australia, furnished particularly during the Health Informatics Society of Australia’s annual conference. Although I didn’t attend this year, two particularly … Continue reading
evolution, revolution and pathology
Why so complex? This is the first of several blogs on the subject of pathology data. Others will cover principles and pragmatic tradeoffs. There are many independent factors associated with diagnostic tests, that when combined, produce an unparalleled level of … Continue reading
Australian Medicines Terminology Update
Healthbase Australia has updated the online Australian Medicines Terminology browser to the 2.14 version released today. AMT Browser (Healthbase Australia). All deprecated versions are still available for browsing/searching. Pity the download process cannot be automated. Perhaps if this were the … Continue reading
evolution, revolution and NEHTA
There is a wide spectrum of opinion in Australia regarding how e-health should be progressed. At one end of this spectrum we have the proponents of national-scale, top-down architected and developed infrastructure, such as exemplified by HealthConnect and by the … Continue reading
Australian Medicines Terminology
Healthbase has provided an online AMT browser to help people explore the Australian Medicines Terminology, which is a key component of Australia’a national e-health infrastructure. NEHTA’s own distribution of the AMT is difficult to download and explore for casual users. … Continue reading
NEHTA’s Blueprint !?
NEHTA has published a blueprint for its forthcoming program of work. I’m not sure why they have labelled this a “blueprint”, rather than a plan. Possibly they have borrowed from Infoway, who have been publishing blueprints for many years, starting … Continue reading
Welcome – first post
HealthBase Australia is about information and knowledge to help improve health and healthcare. It is primarily focused on the use of health informatics and information standards. This blog provides a facility for the creator of HealthBase Australia, Eric Browne, to … Continue reading