期刊名称:Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
印刷版ISSN:1992-8645
电子版ISSN:1817-3195
出版年度:2014
卷号:63
期号:2
出版社:Journal of Theoretical and Applied
摘要:Healthcare data interchange standards are important aspect for achieving interoperability for health information exchanges. However, there is a big void in literature that could clearly differentiate among available healthcare standards with a motive of necessity of upgrading to new standards resulting in cost effective and efficient standard to support interoperability for a National Healthcare Information System (NHIS). These standards act as key to achieve semantic interoperability in health sector to ensure patient information availability anytime and right at the point of care. In this paper we present a study and a comparative review of healthcare interoperability standards as a means of meeting the desired semantic interoperability and integration of stovepipe applications of varied Electronic Medical Records in a heterogeneous environment and achieving efficient Electronic Health Record. This study gives a flash tour on healthcare standards in terms of their scope, advantages, level of interoperability support and challenges. The paper also shows how the standards can be upgraded to next level by a possible inclusion of web services concept.
关键词:Electronic Health Record; Electronic Medical Records; Healthcare Data Interchange Standards; Healthcare Information System National; Interoperability; Semantic Interoperability