HI 201 Health Informatics (AY 2021-2022)

Read

1. Read Chap. 2. Why Interoperability is Hard. T. Benson, G. Grieve (2016), Principles of Health Interoperability Health Information Technology Standards, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-30370-3_2
2. Padgham, David; Edmunds, Margo; and Holve, Erin, "Toward Greater Health Information Interoperability in the United States Health System" (2016). Issue Briefs and Reports. Paper 20.
3. National eHealth Information Interoperability Standards Change Management Manual (2016).
4. National eHealth Information Inteorperability Standards Catalogue (2016).

Think

1. Why is interoperability hard?
2. What does Padgham et al suggest to achieve interoperability in the US?
3. Who decides on the standards for the Philippines?
4. What is the process for changing standards in the Philippines?

Dig deeper

1. Choose a health information system familiar to you (eg. an electronic medical record in your clinic or hospital, a pharmacy information system etc). What health information resides in the system and which standards are necessary to make the system interoperable? Choose the relevant standards from the National eHealth Information Interoperability Standards Catalogue.