In my previous posting on this blog, I cited hospital discharge summaries as a potential barometer of broader e-health capability. I’m sure there are significant organisational and “change management” factors that have impeded the deployment  of information sharing typified by electronic discharge summaries. Many commentators dismiss technological obstacles as a minor distraction in some vast […]

Sorry to harp on about this, but I do believe this is an extremely serious issue. The US Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HiMMS) recently put out a call with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) for an Interoperability Showcase as part of their annual conference. Included in the notice is the following [my emphasis]. […]

There has been a long held view, even mantra, amongst health informaticians that data should be “structured” and  “coded” if it is to be harnessed for clinical decision support, adverse event prevention, and for research purposes. One trouble is, the concept of “coded” data means different things to different people. Australia was at the international […]

A few days ago I singled out Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), perhaps unfairly, in a posting about what seems to me to be widespread ignorance of  a profound issue in e-health – that of information usefulness ( or the lack thereof ). That might be hard to believe, given that the USA government has […]

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 1980s NEHTA could publish the updates via an FTP service. I guess e-health has a […]

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. NEHTA has made no attempt to give curious or non-technical people an easy way to […]

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 voice his opinions and receive feedback. I hope you find it useful! The blog is […]