HL7 CDA in the national ePrescription efforts of Finland & Greece: a comparison.

This paper presents an overview and comparison of national efforts on ePrescribing in Finland and Greece focusing on aspects of interoperability and standards. Building on experience of HL7 affiliates in Finland and Greece, the role of HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) in assuring interoperability within the national and cross-border framework for ePrescription is addressed underlining current use of standards and interoperability challenges for large scale adoption.

A national study of eHealth standardization in Finland--goals and recommendations.

The role of standards is constantly increasing in health services, electronic health records, and eHealth applications. There are many areas of standardization which affect the healthcare work and health information systems. On a national level, the organization of the development and support for standardization should be a key priority.

A process for specifying integration for multi-tier applications in healthcare.

Integrating heterogeneous application systems in healthcare is needed to support clinical work, patient-centric care, regional interoperability and utilization of both valuable legacy systems and new technologies. The integration process is quite complicated, and must be supported by flexible integration processes and methods. The integration methods should support evaluation and specification of different integration approaches and technologies on many different interoperability levels.

Integration models in health information systems: experiences from the PlugIT project.

Different approaches are available for the integration of existing health information systems (HIS) in integration projects. Within the PlugIT project in Finland, we have found it necessary to design and implement integration in a collaborative, multidisciplinary and open way. In this paper, we use some generic integration models and relate them to the methods, solutions and experiences of the project.

A process for specifying integration for multi-tier applications in healthcare.

Integration of the heterogeneous application systems in healthcare is needed to support the clinical and administrative work, patient-centric care, regional interoperability and utilisation of both valuable legacy systems and new technologies. The integration activity is complicated, and must be supported by flexible processes and methods. The integration methods should support the evaluation and specification of different integration approaches, standards and technologies on many interoperability levels.