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Adverse reaction risk: provenance | Blog - Atomica Informatics

06-03-2016

Recording adverse reactions, allergies and intolerances to medications and other substances is universally regarded as a high priority for clinical safety. This is the ‘Adverse reaction risk’ archetype’s story - an international, cross SDO collaboration that achieved consensus. It demonstrates the potential value that comes if we choose to work together, rather than create more silos.


The art of Clinical Lists | Archetypical

29-11-2015

Keeping a clinical list up-to-date in a local EHR current is not a trivial task. Keeping it up-to-date and accurate in a shared environment – well… Read on. It is not easy. The classic lists are: Allergies/Adverse Reactions; Problem/Diagnosis; Medications; Procedures; and …


The art of clinical lists | Blog - Atomica Informatics

29-11-2015

Keeping a clinical list up-to-date in a local EHR current is not a trivial task. Keeping it up-to-date and accurate in a shared environment - well... Read on. It is not easy.


Anatomy of Anatomical Location | Blog - Atomica Informatics

28-11-2015

Anatomical location seems pretty simple at first glance. In terms of scope though, it is huge and complex. In terms of use cases it has a massive potential impact - we need to get it right, so that it can be used consistently in health records.


Bridging the interop chasms | Blog - Atomica Informatics

27-11-2015

True or false: if we want to achieve any degree of semantic interoperability in our clinical systems we need to standardise the clinical content, keeping it open and independent of any single implementation or messaging formalism?


Why US will have better clinical decision support than the EU | Musings of a confused technology addict.

18-11-2015

For many, smarter healthcare through the use of computers is an exciting idea. This has been the case since the sixties, and I belong to the current generation of people who try to make this happen. There are so many misunderstood things about making computers help clinicians. It would take a lot of space to …


Incoherence ain't all bad! | Blog - Atomica Informatics

12-10-2015

Incoherence is not ideal, but it is a realistic part of any work such as we are doing within the openEHR community. Transparency and openness can mitigate some of the incoherence. Within a transparent, governed and collaborative environment incoherence and apparent conflict can be recognised and leveraged constructively to improve the quality of archetypes.


A little dance, clap & cheer | Blog - Atomica Informatics

14-08-2015

"For the first time in Australia, we have strong evidence of the benefits of eHealth records in bridging the gaps in information that occur as patients move between different healthcare providers in the public and private sectors."


Case Study: Clinical Engagement | Blog - Atomica Informatics

13-08-2015

Bridging the gap between the clinical experts and software engineers involved in eHealth projects is well known for being difficult and frustrating for both sides. The openEHR methodology is having great success in bringing the non-technical clinicians along with us on the clinical modelling journey.


Brazilian EHR innovation, powered by openEHR | Blog - Atomica Informatics

11-08-2015

Watch what is evolving in Brazil... It is largely a greenfields nation as far as electronic health records is concerned, which gives it a great opportunity to make bold and innovative decisions, avoiding many of the pitfalls of those who have gone before and the constraints of legacy systems.