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The future of healthcare IT | Woland's cat

06-06-2023

[Image: from CatSalut website] A slide on the future of HIT, from the openEHR conference hosted by the Catalan Health System (CatSalut), 06 June 2023, Barcelona. WHAT HOW RESULT


openEHR turns 20 today | Woland's cat

13-03-2023

openEHR was officially created on 13 March 2003, 20 years ago today. Prof David Ingram thought of the name, and he and a small band of optimists – Dr Sam Heard, Dr Dipak Kalra, David Lloyd and myself – launched …


Resource list - the essence of openEHR | Blog - Atomica Informatics

01-02-2023

When someone asks me what resources are available to provide an overview of openEHR, this is a list of resources I share…


Why using expressions in workflow is wrong | Woland's cat

07-11-2022

One of the basic elements of design common to all workflow languages, including YAWL and BPMN, is the inclusion of logical expressions on decision nodes. This seems harmless, and we followed it in openEHR’s Task Planning specifications. However, it is …


A Lingua Franca for e-health takes shape with GraphiteHealth | Woland's cat

15-05-2022

Colleagues in e-health often say to me: why don’t you make openEHR easier to map to <insert popular interop standard> (used to be HL7v3, then HL7 CDA, now, HL7 FHIR… DSTU2/3/4/5?). To which I usually reply: if you are implying …


Not all CKMs are created equal | Blog - Atomica Informatics

14-11-2021

Despite using the same underlying tool, not all CKMs are equal. Rather than ‘one CKM to rule them all’, each CKM exists for a specific reason – for example intent, geographical domain, servicing a common community. This allows countries, organisations or programs to operate autonomously from each other when they need to. All CKMs operate independently of each other, with their own Editors and Administrators.


openEHR Clinical Modelling Program - achievements | Blog - Atomica Informatics

10-11-2021

Now for a blog version of my celebrating the achievements of the international openEHR Clinical Modelling Program, its' Editors, & its' community of volunteer reviewers. I'm so proud of these people, these models. Together we've achieved something truly unique & groundbreaking ????????????????????


openEHR Clinical Modelling Program – 2014 - today | Blog - Atomica Informatics

10-11-2021


openEHR Clinical Modelling Program - the early days | Blog - Atomica Informatics

10-11-2021

The openEHR Clinical Modelling Program commenced life as the Archetype Editorial Group and ‘operated’ between 2007 and 2012-ish. The in 2007 described it as the lead group for archetype authoring. Comprising a group of doctors influential in health IT and friendly to the openEHR approach selected by Sam Heard (Ocean, AU) in the first instance, the announcement also states the intent to develop a nursing group would be convened soon after.


State of the openEHR CKM - 2021 | Blog - Atomica Informatics

07-11-2021

As I leave my leadership role in the Clinical Modelling Program, let me start by sharing with you some facts and insights…
As of 2 November 2021, from :