Global Hl7 CDA Challenge
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 … Continue reading
Discharge Summary inertia
The inertia embodied in the Australian health system is immense. Attempts to change it have mainly foundered over the years. Portents of failure are writ large, almost everywhere one turns. In this context, let’s look at a favourite topic of … Continue reading
Indeed a puzzle…
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 … Continue reading
Coded data ?
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 … Continue reading
Incoherence
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 … Continue reading
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