Design of an interoperability framework in a regional healthcare system

Berler, A; Pavlopoulos, S; Koutsouris, D

dc.contributor.author	Berler, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Pavlopoulos, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Koutsouris, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:42:34Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:42:34Z
dc.date.issued	2004	en
dc.identifier.issn	05891019	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/31049
dc.subject	HL7	en
dc.subject	Interoperability	en
dc.subject	Regional Healthcare Information System	en
dc.subject.other	Computational complexity	en
dc.subject.other	Data privacy	en
dc.subject.other	Data transfer	en
dc.subject.other	Database systems	en
dc.subject.other	Decision making	en
dc.subject.other	Information management	en
dc.subject.other	Interoperability	en
dc.subject.other	Middleware	en
dc.subject.other	Probability	en
dc.subject.other	Professional aspects	en
dc.subject.other	Societies and institutions	en
dc.subject.other	Systems analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Health care information system	en
dc.subject.other	HL7	en
dc.subject.other	Middleware broadcasting system	en
dc.subject.other	Regional healthcare information system	en
dc.subject.other	Health care	en
dc.title	Design of an interoperability framework in a regional healthcare system	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403874	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403874	en
heal.publicationDate	2004	en
heal.abstract	The integration of information systems represents one of the most urgent priorities of a Regional Healthcare Authority in order to meet its clinical, organizational and managerial needs. Current practice shows that the most promising approach to achieve a Regional Healthcare Information System (RHIS) is to use a Health Level 7 (HL7) message-based communication system implemented by an asynchronous common communication infrastructure between healthcare sites. The RHIS is a complete and integrated information system at a regional level that comprises all types of healthcare levels, that includes interoperability issues, that covers most of the needed components, and that is able to work efficiently in a secure wide area network to ensure data privacy and confidentiality. Another important feature of the proposed solution is that it creates an interoperability framework that can be replicated from one healthcare institution to another. In that sense, common interoperability messages can be used to interconnect heterogeneous information systems. In response to this strategy, more than 10 different consortiums have submitted proposals to the Greek Government and the proposed interoperability framework seems to be widely accepted as a solution to enhance information and communication technologies developments in the healthcare sector in Greece.	en
heal.journalName	Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403874	en
dc.identifier.volume	26 IV	en
dc.identifier.spage	3093	en
dc.identifier.epage	3096	en