The keyword of any project must be interoperability: technological, organisational and clinical.
FHIR
Apple Health Records now available in Europe and Canada
The “Health Records (Clinical Documentation)” feature within the Health application is now available to users in the UK and Canada. With it, users can securely view and store their medical records directly on their iPhone.
In UK the continuity of care hospital-general medicine is achieved with FHIR
NHS Digital together with TPP and a system integrator have developed an interoperability infrastructure based on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) to exchange first aid reports, discharge letters and outpatient reports with general practitioners.
Interoperability by-design in application design
I note with great amazement that, with few exceptions, we continue to design healthcare applications as “islands in their own right”, but then worry, once the development is over, how to integrate them with other systems.
The future of Apple in Healthcare: what Morgan Stanley says
A recent Morgan Stanley report predicts a bright future for Apple in healthcare: strong growth, a leading role and new acquisitions. Continue reading
A roadmap for a smart EHR. 5) Clinical Decision Support Services
The creation of an Electronic Health Record based on FHIR architecture allows the implementation of services to support decisions in a simple and effective way. Let’s see how. Continue reading
A roadmap for a smart EHR. 4) deep learning
In this article we’ll examine the use of AI and deep learning technologies to make a predictive analysis of hospitalised patients. Continue reading
A roadmap for smart EHR: 3) interoperability
After explaining the ideal architecture and data model, let’s see which are the models FHIR foresees for the interoperability among the health information systems. Continue reading
A roadmap for a smart EHR. 2) Data Model
After explaining why does HL7 FHIR represent a suitable architecture for intelligent FSE, let’s see how to set up the data model. Continue reading
A roadmap for a smart EHR. 1) architecture
If we think of Electronic Health Record (EHR) not only as an infrastructure for sharing documents, but an intelligent platform for exploiting the present information, we need to change our architecture. Continue reading
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