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
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
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
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
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