Healthcare system is fast evolving with the digitization of health information. Electronic
health record (EHR) is generated from various sources like hospitals, laboratories, mobile …

Background The lack of interoperability is one of the biggest obstacles to the complete
digitalization of patient health information in electronic medical records (EMR). The high …

This book contains a broad overview of relevant studies in the area of semantic IS
standards. It includes an introduction in the general topic of standardization and introduces …

Objectives: For improving safety and quality of care as well as efficiency of health delivery
under the well-known burdens, health services become specialized, distributed, and …

Background: Electronic Health Record Systems (EHRS) and Personal Health Record
Systems (PHRS) are core components of infrastructure needed to run any health system …

E-Health systems, through their use of Internet and wireless technologies, offer the
possibility of near real-time data integration to support the delivery and management of …

The paradigm shift from organization-centered to managed care and on to personal health
settings increases specialization and distribution of actors and services related to the health …

For improving quality, safety and efficiency of care processes, health care systems perform
two paradigm changes: the organizational transformation of the health care system from …

Objectives Most electronic health record (EHR) systems are built on proprietary information
models and terminology, which makes achieving semantic interoperability a challenge …

Objectives: To develop a model as a starting-point for developing a problem-oriented clinical
notes application as a generic component of an Electronic Health Record (EHR). Methods …